US Patent Issued to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE on Sept. 23 for "Methods and system for positioning a C-arm" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,601, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Milwaukee).

"Methods and system for positioning a C-arm" was invented by Yves Trousset (Palaiseau, France), Thomas Benseghir (Le Chesnay Rocquencourt, France) and Raphael Doustaly (Rhone, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods and systems are provided for medical imaging. In one embodiment, a method for a C-arm imaging system, comprises during an interventional procedure involving a medical device inserted within a segment of interest (SOI), angulating a C-arm of the C-arm imaging device based on a geometry of the SOI and a location of an extremity ...