US Patent Issued to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS on Sept. 2 for "X-ray source with a grid voltage unit" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,254, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"X-ray source with a grid voltage unit" was invented by Josef Deuringer (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more example embodiments relates to an X-ray source comprising a grid voltage unit including an interface configured to receive a control signal. The grid voltage unit is configured to regulate, via regulation of a first grid voltage at a first grid and via regulation of a second grid voltage at a second grid, a charge quantity available in a capacitor and a generator current as a function of the control signal."

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