US Patent Issued to ELEKTA BEIJING MEDICAL SYSTEMS on June 2 for "Patient support apparatus for a radiotherapy system" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,992, issued on June 2, was assigned to ELEKTA BEIJING MEDICAL SYSTEMS Co. LTD (Beijing).

"Patient support apparatus for a radiotherapy system" was invented by Weicheng Zhao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems are disclosed for patient positioning in radiotherapy. A patient support system comprises a base (314,328), a linear guide comprising a bearing (908,910) and an elongate bearing guide (316,410,420,902,904) arranged to guide translational motion of the bearing (908,910) along a translation axis, and a patient support surface (114,312) coupled to the base (314,328) via the linear guide, the linear guide being arranged t...