ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,335, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Novecu LLC (Portage, Ind.).
"Apparatus for the stabilization of head position" was invented by Robert Woodburn (Portage, Ind.) and John M. Armacost (Warsaw, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-stabilizing apparatus is adapted to position a head of a patient undergoing a medical procedure. The head-stabilizing apparatus includes a patient locator and a patient mask. The patient locator includes a mouthpiece adapted to be placed in a mouth of the patient undergoing the medical procedure. The patient mask is configured to change between an unworn position in which the patient mask is spaced...