US Patent Issued to Elekta on April 8 for "Linac joints" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,989, issued on April 8, was assigned to Elekta Ltd. (Crawley, Great Britain).

"Linac joints" was invented by Ian Shinton (Crawley, Great Britain) and Shaikh Mohammad Ismail Abdul Gaffar (Crawley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reusable joint for a medical linac, a reusable CF choke flange for a medical linac, a linac and a method for forming a reusable joint for a medical linac are disclosed. The reusable joint comprises a CF choke flange, a CF cover flange and a gasket. The CF choke flange comprises a first waveguide aperture, a choke groove and a first CF groove comprising a first knife-edge, wherein the choke groov...