US Patent Issued to GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY, WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL on March 24 for "Medical procedure facilitation system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,567, issued on March 24, was assigned to GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (Allendale, Mich.) and WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL (Royal Oak, Mich.).

"Medical procedure facilitation system" was invented by Marlene Seltzer (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), John Farris (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Michael R. Gruizinga (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Simon P. Warnos (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Jacob DeWind (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Robert Feeman (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Robert A. Long (Lansing, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical lift-assistance device including a bracket, a variable assist mechanism, a lifting arm, and a pad sub-assembly. The variable assist mechanism has a...