US Patent Issued to Black Forest Medical on Aug. 25 for "Head stabilization system with adjustable-fill pads and method of use" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,534, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Black Forest Medical GmbH (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany).

"Head stabilization system with adjustable-fill pads and method of use" was invented by Matthias E. Schuele (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary head stabilization devices or head fixation devices (HFDs) include lateral head supports for providing lateral support to the head of the patient. The lateral head supports include a pad with a fillable chamber where the fill amount of the material within the chamber can be adjusted or changed. This allows the pressure the lateral head supports apply to the head of the pa...