ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,046, issued on March 31, was assigned to Nuvasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Surgery positioner system" was invented by Bradley S. Anderson (San Diego), Stephanie Hagan (San Diego) and David Yam (Hillsboro, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Patient support board assemblies for holding a patient on a framed operating table such as a so-called Jackson table are provided. A patient support board assembly has a lower board secured to the bed frame and an upper board movably secured to the lower board. The upper board can be rotated, slid, or tilted with respect to the lower board. The upper board is adapted to have one or more patient support...