US Patent Issued to Siemens Medical Solutions USA on Dec. 30 for "Uninterrupted cooling system for a diagnostic medical imaging apparatus" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,970, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Uninterrupted cooling system for a diagnostic medical imaging apparatus" was invented by Ziad Burbar (Knoxville, Tenn.) and John Keller (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passive, uninterrupted cooling system continues to absorb waste heat generated with a diagnostic medical imaging system during a patient scan, in the event of a power failure incident or disruption of cooling water supply within an imaging facility. The passive, uninterrupted cooling system incorporates one or more phase change materials (PCMs) that maintain t...