US Patent Issued to Carestream Health on Sept. 1 for "Fluoroscopy barrier" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,580, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Carestream Health Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Fluoroscopy barrier" was invented by Michael A. Litzenberger (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital radiographic detector assembly having a housing with a radiopaque sheet and an electrical connector. A digital communication cable is attached to the electrical connector and is configured to be electrically connected to an image receptor positioned in the housing and to a radiographic imaging device. The radiographic imaging device detects that the digital radiographic detector is positioned in the housing and, in response, enables th...