ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,541, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Medical information processing apparatus and medical information processing method" was invented by Junichi Takazawa (Nasushiobara, Japan), Taisuke Iwamura (Utsunomiya, Japan), Yuki Matsumoto (Utsunomiya, Japan) and Satoshi Sugisawa (Utsunomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire examination records of X-ray examinations performed on a plurality of patients; based on the acquired examination record...