ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,465, issued on May 6, was assigned to Encore Medical LP (Austin, Texas).
"Surgical arm positioner with sterile disposable support" was invented by Brett Sanders (Signal Mountain, Tenn.) and Keith J Harper (Hixson, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arm retainer for supporting a patient's arm at a desired position on an articulatable support assembly secured to an operating table. The arm retainer includes a rigid arm tray (11) provided with a pair of spaced openings (16) for securement of a disposable arm support liner (10) to the tray. The arm support liner (10) is comprised of a sheet of malleable material (13) with a soft eng...