Becker's Healthcare September 3, 2025
Mariah Taylor

Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health’s COO has earned a patent for her invention designed to prevent hospital falls, ABC 6 reported Sept. 2.

Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, has been a nurse for nearly 40 years and wanted to help patients prevent falls, especially in the bathroom where they are at higher risk.

“I never thought of myself as an inventor,” Dr. Wadsworth told ABC.

Her device was created in partnership with engineers at the...

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