ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,163, issued on Sept. 29.
"Patient moving devices (Edelgard Rises)" was invented by Theodore Morse (Little Compton, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Safe lifting devices configured for lifting of a fallen patient from a surface and for a transport of the patient are disclosed herein. The devices comprise a class 1 lever including two larger wheels disposed about parallel at a fulcrum of the lever with each of the two larger wheels having shorter load leverage arms and longer effort leverage arms extending radially outward and defining a lever angle of greater than 90deg. Each of the larger wheels disposed at the fulcrum includes a...