ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,274, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Larand LLC (Naperville, Ill.).
"Patient repositioning system and method" was invented by Randall J Slaboch (Naperville, Ill.) and Lara Pertile (Downers Grove, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient repositioning system intended for a patient confined to a bed for an extended time period. The repositioning system includes a sling attached to a frame with side poles having head and foot segments that passively fold between a flat/supine position and sitting positions. The frame pivotally mounts to a frame base that is anchored or affixed to a bed. The frame can be pivotally lifted off of a...