ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,841, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"MRI imaging system with examination table apparatus having independently slidable coil connectors" was invented by Takeshi Taniguchi (Tokyo), Kazuyuki Kato (Tokyo) and Satoshi Iizuka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present invention relates to an examination table apparatus used in a medical imaging apparatus, the examination table apparatus including: a top plate on which a subject is placed; and a plurality of connectors that are provided on the top plate and that connect a coil for capturing an image of the subject, in which the plurality of co...