ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,625, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Moxtek Inc. (Orem, Utah).
"X-ray tube anode with integrated collimator" was invented by Kasey Otho Greenland (South Jordan, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collimator for an x-ray tube can be a monolithic, integral structure. The collimator can include a proximal-end closest to a cathode and a distal-end farthest from the cathode. The proximal-end can adjoin a vacuum inside of the x-ray tube. The distal-end can adjoin the air. The collimator can include an aperture extending therethrough. An x-ray window can be mounted across the aperture. The aperture can include a collimation-region bet...