US Patent Issued to Surgix Medical on Nov. 25 for "Locking mechanism for removably attaching accessories to a medical procedure table" (Arkansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,534, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Surgix Medical LLC (Spring, Texas).

"Locking mechanism for removably attaching accessories to a medical procedure table" was invented by John Patrick Nail (Bentonville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical procedure table has parallel spars supported by the base of the table. A number of accessories, such as table top segments, retractors, support pads, etc. can be removably attached at desired locations along the spars. Each accessory has a base with at least one downwardly-extending lip defining a channel for removably seating the accessory over at least one spar. A locking mechanism...