US Patent Issued to Kreg Medical on March 4 for "Patient support with stand-up and sit features" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,594, issued on March 4, was assigned to Kreg Medical Inc. (Melrose Park, Ill.).

"Patient support with stand-up and sit features" was invented by Craig Poulos (Chicago), Carlos Portillo (Chicago) and Tho Thieu (Wood Dale, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bed is provided having a base frame, a patient support assembly connected to the base frame, and a tilt frame connected between the base frame and the patient support assembly. The tilt frame is rotatable adjacent the foot end of the bed to place the patient support assembly, including the head section, seat section and foot section thereof, in a generally vertical position to al...