ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,177, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"X-ray machines" was invented by Biao Sun (Shanghai) and Bo Shi (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an X-ray machine, which comprises a C-shaped arm. The C-shaped arm includes a connecting arm, a first support arm, and a second support arm. The first support arm and the second support arm are separately movably connected to the connecting arm. The first support arm moves relative to the connecting arm to move close to or away from the second support arm, and the connecting arm moves to drive the first s...