MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641007692 A) filed by Manipal Academy Of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, on Jan. 27, for 'a device for assisted repositioning of a patient and a method for enabling thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Priyanka Nayak; Bincy M George; Jibu Thomas; Suba Sooria; Shyamasunder Bhat N; Dinesh Naik; and Mohandas Rao.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a patient repositioning apparatus and a method for controlled repositioning of a patient. The apparatus comprises a U-shaped structural body configured to recei...