Middle School Students Awarded U.S. Patent
On October 15, 2013, a device created by the Middle School Robotics Team was granted Patent No. US 8,558,702 B2 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The team members were in fifth grade when they applied for a patent on their device, which is described as an "apparatus and method for preventing pressure injuries and circulatory problems in sedentary patients." The idea stemmed from a project the team created for the “First Lego League” Robotics competition that focused on Health and Wellness.
The robotics team consists of current seventh-graders Kyle Smith, Ruoming Fan, Sahit Dendekuri, Kamal Mamdani, and new members Jack Katz and Harrison Lee. Eighth-grader Dalton Glenn and former student Joseph Vetoretti ’19 also worked on the patented project.
The full patent is available to view on Google.
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