ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,569, issued on March 24, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Vertically adjustable boom head and cable management therefor" was invented by Lancer Drake Halcom (Coppell, Texas), Dustin Ryan Campbell (Fort Worth, Texas), Wojciech Kazimierz Timoszyk (Flower Mound, Texas), Matthew Ryan Adamo (Flower Mound, Texas) and David P. Chase (Southlake, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device assembly including a movable suspension arm assembly comprising a plurality of joints; a service head located at an end of the suspension arm assembly, the service head comprising a plurality of outlets; and a brake system for sel...