ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,701, issued on June 17, was assigned to Sage Products LLC (Cary, Ill.).
"Patient positioning and support system" was invented by Alex D. Kea (Cary, Ill.), Hester C. Fletcher (Louisa, Va.), David P. Beck (Crystal Lake, Ill.) and Michael P. Flores (Cary, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for supporting a patient on an inclined surface includes an inflatable device. The inflatable device includes a top sheet of material connected to a bottom sheet of material, the top sheet and the bottom sheet defining a cavity to be inflated, wherein the bottom sheet of material is configured to permit air to pass from the cavity to the ext...