ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,856, issued on Nov. 18.

"X-ray imaging arrangement" was invented by Aapo Kytonen (Helsinki), Tommi Huomo (Helsinki) and Harri Karppi (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates, in particular, to structures of an arrangement applicable for use in the context of dental or medical X-ray imaging, wherein the arrangement comprises an X-ray detector (15), an X-ray source (14), a light field indicator (141) and a support construction (12) to which the X-ray source (14) construction and the light field indicator (141) construction are mounted. The support construction (12) is configured to enable positioning the X-ray sou...