ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,085, issued on July 8, was assigned to GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Mammography imaging system with universal attachment structures" was invented by Mathieu Ledan (Saint Cyr I'Ecole, France), Renaud Lecoeur (Chamboi, France) and Ayoub Denguir (Chaville, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect of an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, an imaging device or system, e.g., a mammography imaging system or device, includes a detector fixed on the device and a radiation source spaced from the detector. The device further includes a number of support structures moveably disposed on the device in positions between ...