ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,206, issued on April 7, was assigned to Arjo IP Holding Aktiebolag (Malmo, Sweden).

"Patient handling apparatus" was invented by Jon Andreas Backman (Malmo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient handling apparatus (10) comprising a base (30) with a frame (31) and a patient support device (20). The patient handling apparatus (10) further comprises a weighing arrangement (90) for weighing a patient supported by the patient support device (20), said weighing arrangement (90) comprising a sub frame (91) and a plurality of load sensors (95, 96, 97). The sub frame (91) is arranged on the load sensors (95, 96, 97), said load senso...