ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,603, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to J. MORITA MFG. CORP. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Radiation image scanner" was invented by Yusuke Fujii (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation image scanner that reads a radiation image from an imaging plate, the radiation image scanner including: a stage that holds the imaging plate; an excitation light source that irradiates the imaging plate held by the stage with excitation light; and a photodetector that detects light emitted from the imaging plate by the excitation light, in which the stage includes: a stage body that includes a supporting surface capable of being brought into surfa...