US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA on April 29 for "Systems and methods for at-home monitoring of an individual" (Georgia, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,571, issued on April 29, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Fla.).

"Systems and methods for at-home monitoring of an individual" was invented by Reese Kyle Starowesky (Fayetteville, Ga.), Carlos Eduardo Pena Duran (Tampa, Fla.), Autar Kaw (Tampa, Fla.), Ali Yalcin (Tampa, Fla.) and Carla Vandeweerd (Wesley Chapel, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a sensor unit includes an outer housing including a top plate and a base member that together define an interior space, the top plate being configured to directly receive and support the leg of the piece of furniture, a load cell provided within the inte...