US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on March 3 for "Inflatable patient positioner with selectively engaging surface gripping zones" (Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,530, issued on March 3, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Inflatable patient positioner with selectively engaging surface gripping zones" was invented by William Shackelford (Glenview, Ill.), Cole Fuerste (Vernon Hills, Ill.), Alyssa Kurt (Kenosha, Wis.), Drew Phalen (Buffalo Grove, Ill.), Diana Roldan (Chicago) and David M Szum (Wauconda, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient positioner includes an upper patient positioner surface coupled to a lower patient positioner surface along a perimeter. One or more baffles couple the upper patient positioner surface to the lower patient positioner surface int...