ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,113, issued on July 29, was assigned to ALPHATEC SPINE INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Patient positioning system" was invented by James Lee (Carlsbad, Calif.), Christopher Joseph Sheehan (San Diego) and Andrew W. Rajek (Escondido, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support system may include a pelvic bolster assembly and a thoracic bolster assembly. Each of the assemblies may be attached to a conventional surgical table frame by the surgical table frame's longitudinal rails. A plurality of adjustment mechanisms and components are provided to allow for easy and safe manipulation of a patient before and during surgery."
The pa...