ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,442, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KLARITY MEDICAL & EQUIPMENT(GZ) Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Positioning device for radiotherapy" was invented by Wei Wang (Guangdong, China), Zhongqun Zhang (Guangdong, China) and Xiaofeng Fu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning device for radiotherapy, includes a first frame, a degradable low-temperature thermoplastic film and a degradable second frame. The second frame is connected to an outer edge of the low-temperature thermoplastic film, and a softening point of the second frame is higher than a softening point of the low-temperature thermoplastic film. A mechan...