US Patent Issued to EDERA L3C on Aug. 25 for "Handsfree communication system and method" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,940, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to EDERA L3C (Washington).

"Handsfree communication system and method" was invented by Kevin Carr (Milford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, computer program product, and computing system for monitoring the diction of a patient within a hospital room; processing at least a portion of the diction to identify at least one bed-control-command to be performed on a hospital bed within the hospital room; and if at least one bed-control-command is detected, effectuating the at least one bed-control-command on the hospital bed within the hospital room."

The patent was filed on July 27, 2022...