ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,285, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Young Ji Ko (Seoul, South Korea).

"Bed robot apparatus" was invented by Young Ji Ko (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Soo Ko (Seoul, South Korea) and Dae Yong Ko (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides the bed robot apparatus in which a lying object, including a person such as a patient, a disabled person, etc. can be shifted to another apparatus without changing a lying state, and the apparatus autonomously communicates with another apparatus so as to collaborate depending on the situation of the object. Specifically, according to the feature of the present i...