MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641022310 A) filed by Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Feb. 25, for 'wearable safety band for real-time fall and man-overboard detection.'

Inventor(s) include Mithula R; Pavithra V; Keerthika B; and Dr. G. Tony Santhosh.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a wearable safety monitoring system for maritime personnel operating in cargo vessels, passenger ships, and offshore installations. The system comprises a wearable unit incorporating a plurality of sensing elements inclu...