ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,364, issued on March 24, was assigned to INNOVERE MEDICAL INC. (Markham, Canada).

"Systems and methods for passive collision control during medical imaging or therapeutic procedures" was invented by Kevan James Thompson Anderson (Cobourg, Canada), Lisa Margaret Cooper (North York, Canada), David Robert Green (Toronto), Gareth Alan Kenworthy (Stouffville, Canada), Garry Ka Chun Liu (Toronto) and Donald Bruce Plewes (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for managing and reducing the severity or impact of a collision involving an apparatus secured to a table associated with a medical imaging and/or th...