ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,324, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Nocubi AG (Tagerwilen, Switzerland).

"Variable-pressure support and patient bed, and method for operation" was invented by Markus Spalek (Reutlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable-pressure support, a patient bed having such a variable-pressure support, and a method for operating such a variable-pressure support. A plurality of supporting elements is provided. A guiding arrangement is provided which has two guides arranged opposite one another in a transverse direction and extend in a longitudinal direction. The supporting elements are movably mounted at opposite ends in the ...