ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,103, issued on July 29, was assigned to Sage Products LLC (Cary, Ill.).
"Apparatus and system for turning and positioning a patient" was invented by Larry Ponsi (Wheeling, Ill.) and James Layer (Cary, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for use with a bed having a frame and a supporting surface includes a sheet having a bottom surface placed above the supporting surface of the bed, a top surface, and a plurality of tether straps connected to and extending from the sheet. Each tether strap is configured for connection to the bed. The bottom surface is at least partially formed of a low friction material, and the top surface i...