ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,086, issued on March 25, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics Inc. (Newton, Mass.).

"Arrangement for securing a robotic system to a patient table" was invented by Natalie Ferrari (Waltham, Mass.), Dino Kasvikis (Barrington, R.I.), Eric Klem (Lexington, Mass.), Kyle McKenney (Westwood, Mass.) and Anthony Clegg Parker (New Ipswich, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A table attach support is configured to secure a medical device to a patient table having a patient supporting surface. The table attach support comprises: a first engagement mechanism including an attachment mechanism and a locking mechanism; a seco...