US Patent Issued to Walgreens Health Solutions on April 22 for "Wireless pressure ulcer alert methods and systems therefor" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,884, issued on April 22, was assigned to Walgreens Health Solutions LLC (Lake Forest, Ill.).

"Wireless pressure ulcer alert methods and systems therefor" was invented by Denis Burke Drennan (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pressure monitoring methods and systems for warning a patient or caregiver that soft tissue pressure has exceeded some predetermined level that over time would necessitate moving the patient to prevent or at least reduce a risk of soft tissue damage. The methods and systems entail the use of a pressure sensing unit adapted to be applied to or near a surface of the patient's body, and a sensor associate...