US Patent Issued to Egg Medical on July 7 for "Multimodality medical procedure mattress-based device" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,994, issued on July 7, was assigned to Egg Medical Inc. (Roseville, Minn.).

"Multimodality medical procedure mattress-based device" was invented by Robert F. Wilson (Roseville, Minn.), John P. Gainor (Mendota Heights, Minn.) and Uma S. Valeti (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mattress system is provided that is optimized for the hospital setting and includes a guiderail system that accepts a variety of accessories for attachment thereto. The guiderail system may have integrated data lines, power lines, gas lines, and/or fluid lines. Also provided are radioabsorbant shields, trays and other components designed for optim...