US Patent Issued to InSurgery on March 25 for "Imaging system gantry and patient drape" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,017, issued on March 25, was assigned to InSurgery LLC (Lunenburg, Mass.).

"Imaging system gantry and patient drape" was invented by Edward J. Daley II (Maynard, Mass.) and Russell Stanton (Lunenburg, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging system gantry and patient drape includes a gantry first outer sidewall covering portion biased into a deployed shape and collapsible, a gantry inner wall covering portion extending inward of the gantry first outer sidewall covering portion, and a patient envelope portion. One or more retainers secure a portion of the drape to the gantry. In some versions, one or more drape portions rotate...