ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,813, issued on May 12, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Scheduling diagnostic tests for on-site repair of medical imaging devices" was invented by Milosh Stolikj (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Mauro Barbieri (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method (100) of scheduling diagnostic tests for a medical device (2) between or during medical imaging examinations includes: receiving a schedule (30) of medical imaging examinations (32), the schedule providing start times of the medical imaging examinations, and time intervals between medical imaging examinations; fitting diagnostic tests ...