US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on July 7 for "High-access patient transport shield" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,997, issued on July 7, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"High-access patient transport shield" was invented by Terrence R Oakes (Middleton, Wis.), Azam Syed Ahmed (Madison, Wis.), Joseph A Kiel (Newport, Minn.), Jordan Henry (Oregon, Wis.) and Andrew Culp (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient transport shield provides for a flexible support sheet supporting a patient with upstanding ribs holding a transparent cover over the patient to provide a patient volume that may hold negative pressure when the transparent cover is attached to the support sheet by a resealable pressure-sensit...