US Patent Issued to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS on March 18 for "Electromagnetic interface mount for radiation machines" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,576, issued on March 18, was assigned to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Electromagnetic interface mount for radiation machines" was invented by Dusan Baic (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Veselin Kolev (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface mount provides one or more attachment points each comprising an electromagnet operable to generate a magnetic field to hold an accessory including one or more magnetic members, allowing the accessory to be accepted by the interface mount."

The patent was filed on Sept. 30, 2020, under Application No. 17/038,657.

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