US Patent Issued to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE on June 23 for "Magnetic resonance systems having ultra-wide bores and patient support assemblies with precise positioning" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,029, issued on June 23, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Magnetic resonance systems having ultra-wide bores and patient support assemblies with precise positioning" was invented by Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and Robert D. Darrow (Glenville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic resonance (MR) system is provided. The MR system includes a magnet assembly defining a bore, wherein the bore has a diameter of 80 centimeter (cm) or greater, and a patient support assembly. The patient support assembly includes a table configured to accommodate a subject and configured to be positioned at ...