US Patent Issued to Sage Products on May 12 for "System, device, and method for turning and positioning a patient" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,830, issued on May 12, was assigned to Sage Products LLC (Cary, Ill.).

"System, device, and method for turning and positioning a patient" was invented by David P. Beck (Cary, Ill.), Kristin Marie Sexton (Lake in the Hills, Ill.), Adam Cole (Cary, Ill.) and Dan Ulreich (Cary, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for positioning a patient on a support structure having a support surface includes a sheet configured to be positioned on the support surface, the sheet comprising a first fastening element, and a roll strap comprising a top edge and a bottom edge. The roll strap further comprising at least one connection end configured...