US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on June 10 for "Joint for a scan window formed to a cylinder" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,692, issued on June 10, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Joint for a scan window formed to a cylinder" was invented by Michael Eric Smith (Whitewater, Wis.), Brandon Allan Smith (Waukesha, Wis.) and Wesley George Heiman (Mukwonago, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scan window for an imaging system includes at least one flexible sheet made of an X-ray transparent material and having a first end and a second end. The scan window also includes at least one tapered joint formed between the first end and the second end and secured via a bonding agent to form a joined member with the at least one flexibl...