US Patent Issued to EMPLASE Medical Technologies on Feb. 11 for "Patient-positioning system and surgical methods of using same" (Florida, Kansas, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,358, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to EMPLASE Medical Technologies LLC (Cordova, Tenn.).

"Patient-positioning system and surgical methods of using same" was invented by Richard A. Hynes (Melbourne, Fla.), Roger P. Jackson (Prairie Village, Kan.) and Matthew M. Morrison (Cordova, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient-positioning system and method of using same are provided. The patient-positioning system can be used to manipulate the patient prior to, during, and after surgery to globally or regionally articulate the patient's body to facilitate stabilization of the patient's spine, and the surgical methods using the patien...