US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on July 8 for "Integrated computed tomography (CT) treatment couch system" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,076, issued on July 8, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Integrated computed tomography (CT) treatment couch system" was invented by John Wai-Chiu Wong (Towson, Md.), Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen (Baltimore) and Junghoon Lee (Woodstock, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated computed tomography (CT) treatment couch system may include a base platform configured to couple to a rotatable floor component associated with a medical accelerator, a pedestal component mounted to the base platform, a treatment couchtop disposed on the pedestal component, and a CT scanner device. The CT scanner device may include a su...