ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,876, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to UMANO MEDICAL INC. (L'Islet, Canada).

"Siderail for a bed for a patient" was invented by Marco Morin (Levis, Canada), Charles Pellerin (Quebec, Canada) and Simon Dube (Levis, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A siderail for a bed for a patient. The bed extends longitudinally along a longitudinal axis between a head or rear end and a foot or front end and extending transversely along a transversal axis between a left side and right side, the bed comprising a patient support assembly comprising a patient surface for supporting the patient, and a frame, the patient support assembly being mounted...