US Patent Issued to Alphatec Spine on May 26 for "Lateral patient positioning system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,212, issued on May 26, was assigned to Alphatec Spine Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Lateral patient positioning system" was invented by Aaron Shein (El Cajon, Calif.), Aaron Brinker (Carlsbad, Calif.), Andrew W. Rajek (Escondido, Calif.) and Zachary Stroh (Nevada City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lateral patient positioning system may include a pelvic bolster assembly and a thoracic bolster assembly. Each of the assemblies may be attached to a conventional surgical table frame by the surgical table frame's longitudinal rails. A plurality of adjustment mechanisms and components are provided to allow for easy and safe manipulati...