US Patent Issued to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS on Aug. 18 for "System and method for driving a translatory movement of a retaining structure" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,333, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"System and method for driving a translatory movement of a retaining structure" was invented by Christian Dressler (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Ulrich Foerner (Ebensfeld, Germany) and Ottmar Foerstel (Pinzberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the system, a retaining structure is configured to move relative to an examination area via a guide apparatus, and the retaining structure has a first connection unit. A gantry is configured to move relative to the examination area via a running gear, wherein the running gear is configured to drive a tr...