US Patent Issued to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS on June 3 for "Positioning device for an imaging device and method" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,967, issued on June 3, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH (Wetzlar, Germany).

"Positioning device for an imaging device and method" was invented by Martin Kubek (Wetzlar, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning device for an imaging device includes a base element having a first opening, a first circle element arranged rotatably in the first opening and having a second opening, and a second circle element arranged rotatably in the second opening and having a third opening. A center of rotation of the second circle element is eccentric with respect to a center of rotation of the first circle element. The positionin...