ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,844, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Koning Corp. (Norcross, Ga.).
"Fixturing and support for medical imaging" was invented by Shaohua Liu (Atlanta) and Ruola Ning (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cone beam breast computed tomography system includes a breast stabilization unit with an internal surface region including a breast contact portion, where the breast contact portion serves to support a patient breast and maintain the position and stability of the breast during tomographic imaging. Certain removable breast stabilization units are received within a receiver of a patient interface panel of the cone beam breast co...