ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,700, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG (Forchheim, Germany).
"Mounting device for mounting a camera and method for orienting a camera" was invented by Tobias Betz (Thalmaessing, Germany), David Dederichs (Poxdorf, Germany) and Frank Herberger (Hoechstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera-end part receives a camera and is mounted to swivel around a camera-end swivel axis via a camera-end swivel bearing when a camera-end locking mechanism is undone. A camera-end adapter is mounted to swivel around an adapter swivel axis via an adapter swivel bearing when an adapter locking mechanism is undone. A ...