US Patent Issued to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS on Aug. 19 for "Positioning support system for positioning a medical device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,282, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"Positioning support system for positioning a medical device" was invented by Arne Hengerer (Moehrendorf, Germany) and Florian Maier (Buckenhof, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more example embodiments relate to a positioning support system for positioning a medical device based on at least one medical image, the positioning support system comprising at least one channel for the medical device and configured to be pierced with the medical device, the channel configured to be at an acute first angle to a normal of a surface, the channel...