ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,057, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Surgical frame and method for use thereof facilitating articulatable support for a patient during surgery" was invented by Roy Lim (Germantown, Tenn.), Matthew Morrison (Cordova, Tenn.) and Richard Hynes (Melbourne Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable surgical frame for supporting a patient to facilitate different surgical approaches to the spine of the patient includes a first end, an opposite second end, and a length extending between the first and second ends thereof. The surgical frame has a longitudinal axis extending between the ...