ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,363, issued on March 3, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Counterbalancing mechanism for a mobile radiographic imaging apparatus" was invented by Sanjay Bharadwaj Pulijala (Pune, India) and K. N. Darshan (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a positioning system for a mobile radiographic imaging apparatus. The positioning system comprises: a fixed column (31) mountable to a chassis of a transport cart, the fixed column supporting a collapsible column (24) that can be extended and retracted relative to the fixed column, the collapsible column supporting an arm assembly that can...