ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,201, issued on July 21, was assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"Cable guide for a computed tomography system" was invented by Stefan Gross (Trabitz, Germany) and Matthias Hupfauf (Nabburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable guidance system for a computed tomography system, wherein a gantry of the computed tomography system is repositionable in a direction of movement perpendicular to the gantry, the cable guidance system comprising: a vertical column arranged on the gantry and running vertically upward from a base of the computed tomography system; and a first articulated arm and a second articulate...