ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,248, issued on July 15.

"Surgical table with an integrated imaging device" was invented by Duccio Boscherini (Pully, Switzerland) and Serge Rovenne (Vevey, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical table with an integrated imaging device can obtain images of a patient's body part. The surgical table can include a base, a patient support platform, at least one platform support connected to the base, and an imaging device support that is mounted on the base and an imaging device mounted on the imaging device support. The patient support platform can be at least partially positioned between a first arm and a second arm. A fi...