ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,882, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to PRISTEM SA (Lausanne, Switzerland).
"Medical imaging apparatus having a radiation source and an imaging device with rotational arms" was invented by Thomas Gabella (Lausanne, Switzerland), Nicolas Ganshof Van Der Meersch (Vufflens-le-Chateau, Switzerland) and Hubert Blanchard (St-Saphorin, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation apparatus including a support column, a rotatable arm that is configured to rotate around a first pivot relative to the support column, a first arm rotatably attached to one side of the rotatable arm to rotate about a second pivot, the first arm holding ...