US Patent Issued to Sage Products on June 10 for "Apparatus and system for lifting, moving, turning, and positioning a patient" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,778, issued on June 10, was assigned to Sage Products LLC (Cary, Ill.).

"Apparatus and system for lifting, moving, turning, and positioning a patient" was invented by Michael J. Rigoni (Cary, Ill.), Garret W. Sweetwood (Cary, Ill.), Gregory T. Davis (Cary, Ill.) and Paul M. Fowler (Cary, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support device includes a sheet configured to be placed beneath the patient in use and a plurality of straps connected to the sheet and configured for use in moving, lifting, turning, and/or positioning the patient. The straps may include one or more retractable straps that each have a stretchable retract...