ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,898, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).
"Cable management system and method for C-arm imaging systems" was invented by Carlos Martinez Ferreira (Paris), Bernard Bouvier (Eragny, France), Vincent Parinet (Versailles, France) and Julien Marcotte (Saint Vrain, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A C-arm x-ray imaging device includes a base, a carriage operably connected to the base and having at least one axis of movement with respect to the base, a C-arm movably connected to the carriage, the C-arm including a cable management system having a housing disposed on the carriage, the housing...