ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,213, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Radiography system" was invented by Hisatsugu Horiuchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuji Kai (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuji Jibiki (Kanagawa, Japan), Koji Taninai (Kanagawa, Japan), Masataka Sugahara (Kanagawa, Japan), Takeyasu Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Naoyuki Nishino (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiography system includes a radiation source that emits radiation, an electronic cassette that receives the radiation and detects a radiographic image, a portable first retainer that holds the electronic cassette, a string that is attached to the first retainer, an...