US Patent Issued to Njord International on Sept. 15 for "Patient transfer device with a proximity sensor" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,089, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Njord International AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Patient transfer device with a proximity sensor" was invented by Agnes Soder (Gothenburg, Sweden), Jacob Ahrnstein (Gothenburg, Sweden), Barbro Cagner (Alingsas, Sweden) and Lisen Vinsa (Linkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient transfer device for moving a patient from a first surface to a receiving surface includes a retractable pulling wire, a motorized pulling arrangement, and a holder arrangement for holding a sheet or mattress. The holder arrangement has a holder element attached to a first end of the pulling wire. The pulli...