US Patent Issued to Sage Products on May 13 for "System and method for moving, turning, and positioning a patient" (Virginia, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,896, issued on May 13, was assigned to Sage Products LLC (Cary, Ill.).

"System and method for moving, turning, and positioning a patient" was invented by Hester C. Fletcher (Louisa, Va.), Daniel Robert Ulreich (Cary, Ill.), Curtis L. Hollabaugh (Huntley, Ill.), Paul M. Fowler (Rockford, Ill.) and Gregory T. Davis (Woodstock, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus including a sheet having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side. The sheet further includes a first strap coupled to the sheet proximate the first lateral side, a second strap coupled to the sheet proximate the second later...