US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on Nov. 3 for "System and method for creating a vacuum in an X-ray tube" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,021, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"System and method for creating a vacuum in an X-ray tube" was invented by Ryan Randall Dagen (Sullivan, Wis.) and Evan M. Lampe (Franklin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "X-ray tube systems and methods are described herein. A system for creating a vacuum environment in an X-ray tube assembly includes a vacuum tube having a first end and a second end, the first end of the vacuum tube welded to a support plate of the X-ray tube assembly, and the second end of the vacuum tube is pinched off or cold pressed to seal the vacuum environment within the ...