US Patent Issued to SHIMADZU on July 1 for "X-ray imaging equipment" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,187, issued on July 1, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"X-ray imaging equipment" was invented by Koki Yoshida (Kyoto, Japan) and Dai Hirose (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray imaging apparatus reduces waiting time and smoothly performs position alignment with a target region. The X-ray imaging apparatus has a C-arm that supports an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector; a turning mechanism that turns the C-arm around the vertical axis AX2; a table on which a subject M is loaded; a console; and a control element, wherein the control element runs the turning mechanism to turn the C-arm in the direction towar...