ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,396, issued on May 6, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Cable management clamp and method for securing cables in C-arm imaging systems" was invented by Carlos Martinez Ferreira (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp for releasably engaging a cable chain employed on a C-arm X-ray imaging device includes a positioning member having a rear surface formed complementary to a portion of the C-arm imaging device, a pivot arm attached to the positioning member, a biasing member disposed on the pivot arm, and a clamp arm rotatably mounted to the pivot arm, wherein the biasing member is engaged between the ...