ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,909, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Surgical platform system" was invented by Roy K. Lim (Memphis, Tenn.), Katharine E. Darling (Louisville, Colo.) and Mark C. Dace (Memphis, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical platform system facilitating manipulation of a patient support thereby is provided. The surgical platform system can include a support supporting a linkage portion, a first platform portion, and a second platform portion relative to the ground. The linkage portion can include a base pivotally attached to the support, a first connector pivotally supported by the base, and ...