US Patent Issued to University of Massachusetts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute on May 12 for "Systems and methods for prevention of pressure ulcers" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,637, issued on May 12, was assigned to University of Massachusetts (Boston) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for prevention of pressure ulcers" was invented by Raymond Dunn (Shrewsbury, Mass.), John McNeill (Worcester, Mass.), Yitzhak Mendelson (Worcester, Mass.) and Hamza Abujrida (Everett, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods of the present application relate to the diagnostic measurement of condition for pressure ulcers. Preferred embodiments utilize pressure measurements at body locations to determine a diagnostic pressure ulcer value. A pressure sensor devi...