US Patent Issued to PRO MEDICARE on Oct. 14 for "System for supporting the human body, or a human body segment, provided with an improved cushioning arrangement" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,044, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PRO MEDICARE S.R.L. (Mesagne, Italy).

"System for supporting the human body, or a human body segment, provided with an improved cushioning arrangement" was invented by Rosaria Eugenia Caforio (Mesagne, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support system for the human body, or a human body segment, is provided. The system comprises a covering lining in which a plurality of pockets is defined in which there are inserted one or more filling elements forming together a cushioning arrangement of the support system. Filling elements with different physical properties, for example different stiffnes...