Name of License: VA Exclusive Patent License to Action Manufacturing, Inc
Summary: An exercise machine has a mobile base and an upright support extending upwards from the mobile base. An upper support assembly extends forward from an upper portion of the upright support and an exercise device is suspended from the upper support assembly at a location spaced forward from the upright support. The mobile base has caster wheels and can be positioned from either side of a bed so as to extend partially under a bed with the upright support located on one side of the bed and the exercise device suspended over the bed in a position accessible by a patient lying supine in the bed for performing exercise. An anchoring system resists movement of the base for stability when exercise is performed.
Tech Name:
A System and Method for Positioning and Supporting an Exercise Machine for use in a Hospital Bed (M-PACE)
Dates: Comments must be received on or before March 2, 2020
Address: Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420
Supplementary Information: The Federal Government’s patent rights in this invention are assigned to the US Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs. It is in the public interest to license this invention as Action Manufacturing, Inc. has submitted a complete and sufficient application for a license. The prospective exclusive license will be royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within 15 days from the date of this published Notice, the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development, Technology Transfer Program receives written evidence and argument which establishes that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.