US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California, K MEDICAL on April 21 for "Apparatus with a repeating trapezoidal mechanism that enables an alternating pressure support surface for preventing pressure injury" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,295, issued on April 21, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.) and K MEDICAL LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Apparatus with a repeating trapezoidal mechanism that enables an alternating pressure support surface for preventing pressure injury" was invented by Jonathan Hopkins (Los Angeles) and Piyush Sheth (Porter Ranch, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure sore prevention mattress is provided alternating pressure points on the body of an occupant that is easily transformable between two stable configurations. The four-layer mattress construction has a top foam pad, a webbing layer, a dynami...