US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on Dec. 23 for "Methods for x-ray tube rotors with speed and/or position control" (New York, Wisconsin, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,972, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Methods for x-ray tube rotors with speed and/or position control" was invented by Carey Rogers (Waukesha, Wis.), Vasile Bogdan Neculaes (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Nidhishri Tapadia (Fremont, Calif.), Andrew Thomas Cross (Waterford, N.Y.) and Uwe Wiedmann (Clifton Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods and systems are provided for an x-ray imaging system. In one example, a method for decelerating a rotor of an x-ray tube of an imaging system includes controlling and/or monitoring a speed and position of the rotor, passing the rotor throu...