ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,210, issued on May 26, was assigned to ACOUDESIGN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
"Bedsore prevention device, furniture support element comprising such a device, and method of equipping a support element with such a prevention device" was invented by Jean-Philippe Thome (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a bedsore prevention device (20) designed to be equipped to a support element of a piece of receiving furniture. The prevention device (20) has a bearing surface (22), intended to be flush with a surface of the support element and to be in direct or indirect contact with a body part of the subj...