US Patent Issued to Smart Step Surgical LLC (MONTANA) on July 15 for "Processor controlled surgical step stool with automatic height adjustment, vaccum attachment, and electronic foot switches" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,419, issued on July 15, was assigned to Smart Step Surgical LLC (MONTANA) (Billings, Mont.).

"Processor controlled surgical step stool with automatic height adjustment, vaccum attachment, and electronic foot switches" was invented by Jennifer Lauren Quon (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Frank William Crawford (Half Moon Bay, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Operating room tables have limited height adjustment capability. To adequately treat a patient, surgeons often have to risk back injury and/or stand on rickety piles of prior art step stools, which is unsafe and can compromise sterility. Here, a computer-processor-controlled, motorize...