US Patent Issued to Sage Products on March 3 for "Patient transfer device" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,529, issued on March 3, was assigned to Sage Products LLC (Cary, Ill.).

"Patient transfer device" was invented by Catherine Boulos (Vernon Hills, Ill.), Brian Ecklund (McHenry, Ill.), Kaitlin Konopacz (Cary, Ill.) and Heather Sirianni (Cary, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient transfer device includes a chamber formed by an upper layer coupled to a lower layer, the chamber configured to be inflated and supported by a support surface in contact with the lower layer. The patient transfer device further includes a port configured for connection to an air flow device. In various embodiments, the patient transfer device includes...