US Patent Issued to Sigray on Nov. 25 for "High throughput 3D x-ray imaging system using a transmission x-ray source" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,892, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Sigray Inc. (Benicia, Calif.).

"High throughput 3D x-ray imaging system using a transmission x-ray source" was invented by David Vine (Berkeley, Calif.), Wenbing Yun (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Janos Kirz (Berkeley, Calif.), Sheraz Gul (San Ramon, Calif.), Sylvia Jia Yun Lewis (San Francisco) and Richard Ian Spink (Pleasant Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An x-ray imaging system includes at least one detector and an x-ray source including an x-ray transmissive vacuum window. The x-ray source is configured to produce diverging x-rays emerging from the vacuum window and propagating along ...