ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,334, issued on June 3, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Systems and methods for patient positioning" was invented by Bess Lorman (Harleysville, Pa.), Jenna Israel (Eagleville, Pa.) and Phillip Levins (Conshohocken, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for positioning a patient are provided. A patient positioning system comprising: an upper support comprising: a mounting plate for a pad; a hinge comprising a curved surface including teeth, the curved surface operable to rotate; a pawl that is in contact with the teeth of the hinge, wherein the pawl is operable to allow rotation of the pad in a first direction ...