US Patent Issued to MatrixCare on Sept. 8 for "Wearable sensors for fall detection and prevention" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,821, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MatrixCare Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Wearable sensors for fall detection and prevention" was invented by Ann Elizabeth Junker (Grafton, Wis.), Nate Sukhtipyaroge (Eagan, Minn.), Vivek Kumar (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Adhiraj Ganpat Prajapati (St. Paul, Minn.), Kedar Mangesh Kadam (Nova Scotia, Canada) and Keegan Duane Dsouza (Ocala, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and associated techniques for fall detection and prevention via wearable devices are provided. In one aspect, a wearable device is provided including one or more pressure sensors arranged on a bottom portion of the weara...