ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,527, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Radiation irradiation apparatus and radiography system" was invented by Hisatsugu Horiuchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Masayoshi Matsuura (Kanagawa, Japan), Kyohei Mori (Kanagawa, Japan), Tomoaki Nakashima (Kanagawa, Japan) and Akihito Bettoyashiki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation irradiation apparatus that is configured to independently travel from a decubitus table on which a subject can be placed, the radiation irradiation apparatus including: an attachment portion that allows the radiation irradiation apparatus to be attached to and detached from the...