ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,296, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to VAREX IMAGING Corp. (Salt Lake City).
"X-ray systems with internal and external collimation" was invented by Dave Kirkham (South Jordan, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments include an x-ray system, comprising: a vacuum enclosure; a plurality of electron sources disposed within the vacuum enclosure; an anode including at least one target with a plurality of focal spots disposed in a planar array within the vacuum enclosure, each focal spot configured to generate an x-ray beam in response to an electron beam from a corresponding one of the electron sources; a plurality of first c...