ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,189, issued on July 15, was assigned to Ziehm Imaging GmbH (Nuremberg, Germany).

"Method and device for operating a medical imaging device for the positionally correct representation of non-anatomical structures during an imaging examination" was invented by Klaus Horndler (Nuremberg, Germany), Marc Kachelriess (Nuremberg, Germany), Michael Knaup (Reichenschwand, Germany), Thomas Konig (Nuremberg, Germany) and Tim Voth (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for operating a medical imaging device for positionally correct representation of non-anatomical structures during an imaging examination may include providing...