US Patent Issued to Xodus Medical on July 14 for "Patient support device for positioning during a surgical procedure and lateral patient transfer" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,360, issued on July 14, was assigned to Xodus Medical Inc. (New Kensington, Pa.).

"Patient support device for positioning during a surgical procedure and lateral patient transfer" was invented by Craig Kaforey (Allison Park, Pa.) and Mark Kaforey (Murrysville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support device for positioning a patient on an operating table during a surgical procedure and for lateral patient transfer includes a viscoelastic foam body having a substantially flat first surface configured to be in contact with the patient, an opposing substantially flat second surface, and a peripheral edge extending therebetwe...