US Patent Issued to Carestream Health on Sept. 23 for "Compact mechanism for adjusting source to detector distance on C-arm" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,597, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Carestream Health Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Compact mechanism for adjusting source to detector distance on C-arm" was invented by Michael A. Litzenberger (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiographic C-arm system uses a scissor extender assembly to retract and extend a detector in relation to an x-ray source of the C-arm system. The scissor extender assembly is attached to the C-arm near one end of the C-arm. The assembly comprises pivoting arms for extending and retracting the detector away from and toward the x-ray source."

The patent was filed on June 6, 2023, under Applic...