US Patent Issued to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE on Aug. 18 for "X-ray imaging gantry damping system" (French, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,334, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"X-ray imaging gantry damping system" was invented by Julien Marcotte (Saint-Vrain, France), Guoli Pan (Beijing) and Carlos Martinez Ferreira (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray imaging includes an X-ray radiation source. The X-ray imaging system also includes an X-ray detector. The X-ray imaging system further includes a gantry structure configured to be mounted to a ceiling or a floor. The gantry structure includes a C-arm having the X-ray radiation source disposed on a first end and the X-ray detector disposed on a second end opposite ...