US Patent Issued to Turn Medical on Nov. 4 for "Stowable inner leg supports" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,551, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Turn Medical LLC (San Antonio).

"Stowable inner leg supports" was invented by Kevin S. Wilson (San Antonio), Eric W. Barta (Castle Hills, Texas) and Christopher T. Niederkrom (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A therapeutic proning bed include an inner leg support system adjustable between a deployed position and a stowed position. The inner leg support system may, for example, be internally stowed when performing adjustment between the deployed and stowed position. In some embodiments, the inner leg support system may be adjusted between a deployed and stowed position without removal fr...