US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on March 17 for "Medical image diagnostic apparatus, couch device, and control method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,759, issued on March 17, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Medical image diagnostic apparatus, couch device, and control method" was invented by Yutaro Tsukahara (Otawara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a table-top, a measurement unit, and processing circuitry. The table-top places thereon a subject. The measurement unit outputs a measurement signal corresponding to weight of the subject placed on the table-top. The processing circuitry estimates the weight of the subject placed on the table-top, based on the measurement signa...