ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,276, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Seneca Devices Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Device for rotating a patient on a surface of a bed" was invented by Samuel T. Fox (Durham, N.C.), Deborah Lange (Durham, N.C.) and Nicholas Ponder (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various other implementations include a device for rotating a patient. The device includes a bottom sheet and a top sheet. The bottom sheet is configured to abut a surface of a bed in use. An intermediate line of the bottom sheet extending from a head edge to a foot edge is disposed between its side edges. An intermediate line of the top sheet extending from the head ...