ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,598, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to US Med-Equip LLC (Houston).

"Systems and methods for streamlining healthcare equipment rentals" was invented by Jose Antonio Marin (Houston), Eric S. Tyler (Houston), Narsimulu Venkata (Houston) and Pranav Patel (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system integrates a medical facility's application used for the population of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) or Electronic Health Records (EHRs) with a rental's company ordering and invoicing application(s). For example, the system may allow personnel to admit patients and rent medical equipment, and/or to discharge patients and return medica...