ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,381, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany).
"Fin for collimating therapeutic radiation" was invented by Olivia Noack (Bayreuth, Germany), Sebastian Graebner (Speichersdorf, Germany), Georg Walberer (Kastl, Germany) and Fabian Krieg (Pullenreuth, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more example embodiments of the present invention relates to a fin for collimating therapeutic radiation. The fin comprises a collimation area made of a first material and a holding area made of a second material. Herein, the collimation area and the holding area are pressed together. Herein, the first mat...