US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Nov. 4 for "X-ray imaging device, X-ray imaging system, and method of controlling X-ray imaging device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,317, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"X-ray imaging device, X-ray imaging system, and method of controlling X-ray imaging device" was invented by Takuya Hasegawa (Otawara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, an X-ray imaging device includes an irradiator, an exposure switch device, and a control device. The irradiator irradiates a subject placed on a bed with X-rays. The exposure switch device receives an operation of an operator related to X-ray irradiation. The control device controls the X-ray irradiation based on the X-rays. The exposure switch device inc...