ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,591, issued on March 4, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Techniques for managing patient therapy protocols" was invented by Anuj Sidhu (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Alexander Bodurka (Portage, Mich.) and Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for managing patient therapy protocols are disclosed. The system includes a patient support apparatus for supporting a patient, a first input device for use by a first caregiver, a location system for determining a location of the first caregiver, and a therapy management system. The therapy management system receives a location o...