US Patent Issued to METACARE on Sept. 22 for "Bed fall prevention device and system" (Florida, Georgia, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,903, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to METACARE INC. (Loganville, Ga.).

"Bed fall prevention device and system" was invented by David Adams (Niceville, Fla.), Brian Cyphert (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.), Robert Herron (Miramar Beach, Fla.), Jarmaine Go (Chino Hills, Calif.), Bruce Rothmann (Monroe, Ga.) and Robert Stanley (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remotely deployed, inflatable device designed to reduce or eliminate falls in senior living and assisted care facilities. Upon detecting undesired movement, nurses may deploy one or more inflatable cylinders, thereby inflating the device under one or both sides ...