ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,517, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Controlling an electron beam generator for a computed tomography scanner" was invented by Bernhard Gleich (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanism for controlling an electron beam generator of an X-ray tube that switches between a low voltage mode and a high voltage mode. The proposed mechanism, during a transition between the low and high voltage modes, controls a power drawn by the electron beam generator. In particular, during a transition from a low voltage mode to a high voltage mode, the drawn power is reduced and, du...