ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,370, issued on April 29.
"Lower limb tractor and positioner for hip arthroscopy and osteosynthesis surgery" was invented by Carlos Prada Winkler (Medellin, Colombia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention belongs to the field of means of transport, personal means of transport or arrangements specially adapted for the sick or the disabled; chairs or operating tables; dentist chairs; burial devices specifically to the operating tables and their accessories, consisting of a sacral support that is anchored to the operating table with two handles with two traction arms that are installed on the shafts of the sacral support and...