US Patent Issued to Warsaw Orthopedic on July 22 for "Fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,880, issued on July 22, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati" was invented by Roger P. Jackson (Prairie Village, Kan.), Lawrence E. Guerra (Mission, Kan.) and Michael A. Herron (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati having a base structure and a patient support structure, to prevent collapse of the patient support during disconnection of the patient support structure from the base structure."

The patent was filed on Aug. 20, 2021, under Applicati...