US Patent Issued to MACROMEDICS on April 22 for "System, method and kit for immobilization of a human's body part" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,272, issued on April 22, was assigned to MACROMEDICS B.V. (Moordrecht, Netherlands).

"System, method and kit for immobilization of a human's body part" was invented by Leendert Gerrit De Mooij (Moordrecht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for immobilization of a patient body part for radiotherapy applications includes at least one flanged support member and at least one support member fixation means for mounting the at least one flanged support member to a fixation surface at a distance from said fixation surface. The at least one flanged support member is adapted to receive and retain a first and optionally a secon...