ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,350, issued on June 16, was assigned to Envirolite LLC (Troy, Mich.).

"Method and system for forming a surgical pillow" was invented by Vatche Tazian (Troy, Mich.) and Kasey Robinson (Coldwater, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for fabricating a disposable free-standing surgical pillow is described and includes employing a contour cutting machine to form lateral notches, profile portions and base portions in an intermediate workpiece, wherein the profile portions include opposed side support portions and a medial notch. A die cut press executes through-cuts and partial cuts to form medial cutout portions. At l...