US Patent Issued to TIDI Products on Aug. 12 for "Integrated belt and sensor for alarm for patient furniture" (Illinois, California, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,509, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TIDI Products LLC (Neenah, Wis.).

"Integrated belt and sensor for alarm for patient furniture" was invented by Samantha McCarthy (Libertyville, Ill.), Roy Seizo Carr (Fontana, Calif.), Brian Young (Lombard, Ill.) and Brittany Johnson (Salem, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for monitoring the location of a patient using an integrated belt and sensor for alarm for patient furniture. The belt may include at least one strap and a slider configured to be releasably attached to one another and an alarm system that is triggered when the slider is disengaged from the other strap...