US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics on May 13 for "Support for securing a robotic system to a patient table" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,892, issued on May 13, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics Inc. (Newton, Mass.).

"Support for securing a robotic system to a patient table" was invented by Eric Klem (Lexington, Mass.), Natalie Ferrari (Waltham, Mass.) and Kyle McKenney (Westwood, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support attaches a mechanism to a patient table having a patient supporting surface and a first rail and a second rail. The support comprising: a base; a first engagement member; a second engagement member; and a single engagement mechanism moving the first engagement member and the second engagement member from a loading positio...