US Patent Issued to HILL-ROM SERVICES on Sept. 22 for "Person support apparatuses including intubation assistance devices and methods of using the same" (Ohio, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,906, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to HILL-ROM SERVICES INC. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Person support apparatuses including intubation assistance devices and methods of using the same" was invented by Timothy Michael Volk (Cleves, Ohio), Kathryn Ruth Smith (Batesville, Ind.), Taylor Vohland (West Chester, Ohio) and Jnanesha Ramegowda (Batesville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intubation assistance devices, person support surfaces including intubation assistance devices, and person support apparatus including the same are disclosed herein. A person support surface includes a support body and an intubation assistance device positi...