ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,339, issued on June 3, was assigned to Sage Products LLC (Cary, Ill.).
"Apparatus and method for positioning a patient" was invented by Daniel R. Ulreich (Cary, Ill.) and Michael J. Rigoni (Cary, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient positioning system includes an inflatable patient support device having a width, and a positioning apparatus. The positioning apparatus including a wedge-shaped body, the wedge-shaped body configured to be placed under the inflatable patient support device to support a patient in a desired position, and a tail comprising an elongated piece of material extending from a front end of the wedge-shaped...