ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,514, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"Magnetic resonance system with air suction apparatus" was invented by Stephan Biber (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic resonance system has an air suction apparatus configured and arranged so as to suck air exhaled by a patient examined by the MR system. A method for operating the MR system is also provided, with which air exhaled by a patient examined by the MR system is sucked in."

The patent was filed on May 31, 2022, under Application No. 17/828,181.

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