MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641007580 A) filed by Dr Jogada Shivakumar, Belgaum, Karnataka, on Jan. 27, for 'design and implementation of automated patient transfer bed in reducing secondary injuries.'

Inventor(s) include Dr Jogada Shivakumar; Aditya Chattarki; Abhishek Betageri; Gajanan Rajgoli; Manjunath Loli; Prof Uttam Koruche; Prof Vinayak Ratan; Dr Ratan Patil; Dr Madhavi Magi; Dr Basavaraj Hubballi; and Prof Vinayak Nannoji.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The Patient Transfer System is a semi-automated mechanical device designed to simplify and i...