ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,053, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SLD TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Portland, Ore.).
"Zonal pressure control (ZPC) in imaging rooms" was invented by Kevin Joseph Schreiber (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for airflow control includes a gantry configured to couple to an imaging system and a gantry cover coupled to the gantry. The gantry cover includes a first damper having a first plurality of diffuser perforations, and a second damper having a second plurality of diffuser perforations. An alignment of the first plurality of diffuser perforations with respect to the second plurality of diffuser perforations is adju...