ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,090, issued on Sept. 9.
"Surgical universal headrest including skull pin holder assembly" was invented by Frederick H. Sklar (Dallas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical universal headrest is disclosed. In one embodiment, a body has two lateral wings slidably coupled to the body. Each lateral wing has an arm moveably secured thereto with a range of proximal-to-distal motion with respect to a medial line of the body. The body, lateral wings, and the arms, in cooperative combination, define a support perimeter of adjustable size having an opening therethrough. The support perimeter of adjustable size accommodates patients ranging...