ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,889, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Medical device and movement control method therefor" was invented by Kai Wang (Beijing), Xianbo Piao (Beijing), Wenjing Hou (Beijing), Wei Li (Beijing) and Wenwen Xiu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device and a movement control method therefor is presented. The method includes: determining and storing first distances of movement of a table corresponding to different examination sites, wherein the different examination sites are triggered by different first trigger modes, so that the table is then moved by the corresponding firs...