ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,307, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to FUJIKIN SOFT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan) and T & S Corp. (Chiba, Japan).

"X-ray imaging device" was invented by Shin Yokoshima (Chiba, Japan), Youji Nikaido (Chiba, Japan), Akira Mizoo (Osaka, Japan), Masashi Kishi (Osaka, Japan) and Tadashi Uwai (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "X-ray images from multiple angles are acquired with a simple configuration.An X-ray imaging device 1 includes an X-ray generation unit 17a, an X-ray detection unit 17b facing the X-ray generation unit with a space therebetween, a support portion 13 that supports the X-ray generation unit and the X-ray detection ...