ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,080, issued on July 8, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"X-ray modulator" was invented by Bernhard Gleich (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an X-ray modulator, for use with an X-ray tube, comprising an enclosed chamber having a window portion and a side portion in gaseous communication with each other. The enclosed chamber comprises a chamber wall, wherein the chamber wall of the window portion is thinner than the chamber wall of the side portion. The X-ray modulator further comprises a pressure modulation device provided in the side portion of the enclosed chambe...