US Patent Issued to CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM on Nov. 3 for "Wearable device for predicting and preventing patient falls" (Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,567, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Wearable device for predicting and preventing patient falls" was invented by Laura Dechant (Aston, Pa.), Jennifer Irene Holding (Newark, Del.), Kelsey Ann Kosinski (Wilmington, Del.) and Amanda Elyse Latina (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each of a set of wearable sensor bands includes a sensor for collecting movement data. The data is analyzed, from one band or both bands in combination, to determine whether ambulation of the wearer is imminent. The data may be analyzed by a data processor in a band or in a remote computing...