ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,128, issued on April 21, was assigned to Carestream Health Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.).
"X-ray detector in patient bed" was invented by Xiaohui Wang (Pittsford, N.Y.), Robert S. Jones (Rochester, N.Y.), Weidong Huang (Fairport, N.Y.) and David H. Foos (Webster, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiographic imaging system provides a digital x-ray detector embedded in a patient bed. A patient lying normally on the bed either flat or at an angle, is positioned above the digital detector. A frame assembly is attached to the bed under the patient and movably secures the digital detector. The frame assembly includes motorized control conf...