US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on Dec. 30 for "X-ray tube anode with optimized area focal spot track" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,289, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"X-ray tube anode with optimized area focal spot track" was invented by Remy Klausz (Neuilly sur Seine, France) and Pierre Habig (Rambouillet, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode for an X-ray tube is provided to reduce the incidence of off-focus x-ray emissions from the anode. The anode has a rotating component, a body operably connected to the rotating component and adapted to rotate in conjunction with the rotating component, and at least one emissive material track defined on the body wherein the at least one emissive material track h...