US Patent Issued to Integrated Transfer Solutions on June 23 for "Integrated patient lift and transfer system" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,290, issued on June 23, was assigned to Integrated Transfer Solutions Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Integrated patient lift and transfer system" was invented by John A. Siedlecki (Nashville, Tenn.), Cameron Stenhouse (Nashville, Tenn.) and Kevin Rotert (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated patient lift and transfer system comprising a bed plate, a mover base, and a lift. The bed plate is placeable on a bed and including a seat rest and a back rest pivotably attached to the seat rest. The bed plate is configurable to a planar configuration where the back rest and seat rest are co-planar and to a seated configurati...