US Patent Issued to Koning on Sept. 16 for "Ergonomic improvements in cone beam breast computed tomography" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,751, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Koning Corp. (Norcross, Ga.).

"Ergonomic improvements in cone beam breast computed tomography" was invented by Ruola Ning (Atlanta) and Shaohua Liu (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cone beam breast computed tomography system includes a pivotable patient interface panel such that a patient can be introduced to the panel in an upright position and the panel can then be pivoted to dispose the patient in a generally prone orientation for imaging."

The patent was filed on Oct. 13, 2024, under Application No. 18/914,208.

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