ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,016, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Contract Medical Manufacturing LLC (Oxford, Conn.).
"Patient positioning device" was invented by Richard Deslauriers (Woodbury, Conn.), Patrick Brandon (Killingworth, Conn.) and Rodrigo DaSilva (Trumbull, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient positioning device attachable to a medical table comprising a base configured to overlie the table and underlie the patient, wherein the upper surface of the base faces the patient and the lower surface faces the table. One or more supports are removably attachable to the base to support a body region of the patient. The base can be composed of a ...