ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,075, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Surgical frame including main beam for facilitating patient access" was invented by Roy K. Lim (Germantown, Tenn.), Matthew M. Morrison (Cordova, Tenn.), Thomas V. McGahan (Germantown, Tenn.) and Richard A. Hynes (Melbourne Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical positioning frame for supporting a patient includes a main beam having an axis of rotation relative to support structures. The main beam rotates the patient between a prone position and a lateral position. The main beam including a conforming main beam portion extending between th...