US Patent Issued to Liko Research & Development on Aug. 18 for "Patient lift and sling having a sling loop orientation sensor" (French, Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,578, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Liko Research & Development AB (Lulea, Sweden).

"Patient lift and sling having a sling loop orientation sensor" was invented by Philippe Kaikenger (Pluvigner, France), Clementine Pirio (Vannes, France), Jean-Bernard Duvert (Auray, France), Mickael Audic (Locmiquelic, France), Marcus Linde (Ojebyn, Sweden), Daniel Johansson (Ranea, Sweden) and Johanna Sundqvist (Gammelstad, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A person lift system includes a motor and a sling bar coupled to the motor. The sling bar includes a first attachment hook at a first end region of the sling bar and a second attachment h...