Patents by Inventor Ryan Lawrence Smith

Ryan Lawrence Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING PATIENT POSITION
    Publication number: 20260130809
    Abstract: Some systems, devices and methods detailed herein provide adjustable restraint device maintaining a selected position of a person relative to a support structure, for example, to maintain a safe and customizable patient position during a surgical procedure or during medical transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2026
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Volz, Adam Troness, Richard A. Thompson, II, Jacob T. Wilson, Ryan Lawrence Smith
  • Systems and methods for maintaining patient position
    Patent number: 12539243
    Abstract: Some systems, devices and methods detailed herein provide adjustable restraint device maintaining a selected position of a person relative to a support structure, for example, to maintain a safe and customizable patient position during a surgical procedure or during medical transport. For example, in particular embodiments, the adjustable restraint devices can be releasably lockable at a customized position along the surgical table and can be conveniently manipulated to a curved or other customized configuration (e.g., to engage with a patient's limb before being releasably locked into that particular customized configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Volz Surgical Consulting Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Volz, Adam Troness, Richard A. Thompson, II, Jacob Wilson, Ryan Lawrence Smith
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING PATIENT POSITION
    Publication number: 20230381043
    Abstract: Some systems, devices and methods detailed herein provide adjustable restraint device maintaining a selected position of a person relative to a support structure, for example, to maintain a safe and customizable patient position during a surgical procedure or during medical transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Volz, Adam Troness, Richard A. Thompson, II, Jacob Wilson, Ryan Lawrence Smith
  • Systems and methods for maintaining patient position
    Patent number: 11638670
    Abstract: Some systems, devices and methods detailed herein provide adjustable restraint device maintaining a selected position of a person relative to a support structure, for example, to maintain a safe and customizable patient position during a surgical procedure or during medical transport. For example, in particular embodiments, the adjustable restraint devices can be releasably lockable at a customized position along the surgical table and can be conveniently manipulated to a curved or other customized configuration (e.g., to engage with a patient's limb) before being releasably locked into that particular customized configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Volz Surgical Consulting Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Volz, Adam Troness, Richard A. Thompson, II, Jacob Wilson, Ryan Lawrence Smith