ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,433, issued on May 5, was assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINERS AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"Mammography system having a protective unit" was invented by Marcus Radicke (Veitsbronn, Germany), Jutta Speitel (Erlangen, Germany), Stephanie Goettler (Neumarkt, Germany), Ralf Nanke (Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany), Lukas Eller (Forchheim, Germany), Tom Weidner (Erlangen, Germany), Juliane Muench (Moehrendorf, Germany) and Andreas Limmer (Fuerth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a mammography system having a stand unit for locating the mammography system on the floor; an L-shaped source unit, the L-shaped source unit inc...