ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,891, issued on May 13, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Patient positioning support apparatus with fail-safe connector attachment mechanism" was invented by Roger P. Jackson (Prairie Village, Kan.), Lawrence E. Guerra (Mission, Kan.), Trevor A. Waggoner (Kansas City, Kan.), Steven R. Walton (Olathe, Kan.) and Michael A. Herron (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during a surgical procedure is provided, including an open fixed frame suspended above a floor and a pair of spaced opposed radially sliding joints cooperating with...