US Patent Issued to Sage Products on Sept. 9 for "Method and device for turning and positioning a patient using fillable chambers" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,086, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Sage Products LLC (Cary, Ill.).

"Method and device for turning and positioning a patient using fillable chambers" was invented by Lawrence G. Ponsi (Wheeling, Ill.), Abhishek R. Patel (North Barrington, Ill.), Brett C. Blabas (Naperville, Ill.) and Jay R. Roberts (Cary, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for repositioning or supporting a patient includes a first sheet, the first sheet configured to receive a patient on a top side, and a second sheet coupled to the first sheet, wherein the second sheet comprises at least one tubular pocket therein, and wherein the second sheet is conf...