ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,627, issued on Nov. 25.
"X-ray tube with reduced attenuation" was invented by John Canazon (Lawrenceville, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An x-ray tube (100) includes a support structure (114) defining an opening therethrough. A concave x-ray transmission window (116) is sealed to the support structure (114) and covers the opening. The support structure (114) and the x-ray transmission window (116) contain a vacuum. A filament (124) emits electrons (126) upon application of a sufficient potential difference between the filament (124) and the x-ray transmission window (116). A target (118) is disposed the x-ray transmission window...