US Patent Issued to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE on Dec. 23 for "Methods and systems for patient transfer" (Wisconsin, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,323, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Methods and systems for patient transfer" was invented by Jiaqi Li (Pewaukee, Wis.), Gregory Gerald Pieper (Spring Grove, Ill.), Mark David Schmieding (Pewaukee, Wis.), Jason Lee Philps (Merton, Wis.) and Andrew John Moulton (Waukesha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods and systems are provided for patient transfer using a patient table with lockable casters. In one example, a method includes adjusting locking of the lockable casters sequentially in response to an indication of reversing of the patient table. The sequential caster...