ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,614, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG (Forchheim, Germany).
"Collimator arrangement for an x-ray tube" was invented by Philipp Wenning (Pressath, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collimator arrangement for an x-ray tube includes a diaphragm arrangement close to the focal point with a plurality of diaphragms close to the focal point and a diaphragm arrangement at a distance from the focal point with a plurality of diaphragms at a distance from the focal point. The diaphragms close to the focal point can be adjusted between a maximum opened position and a maximum closed position via a number of first d...