ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,335, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Positrigo AG (Zurich).
"Positron emission tomography (PET)-scanning device" was invented by Jannis Nikolaus Rudolf Fischer (Zurich, Switzerland) and Max Ludwig Ahnen (Zurich, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positron emission tomography (PET)-scanning device is provided having a detector ring for detecting emitted PET-radiation and a main supporting structure to which is attached a U-shaped portion with two arms for holding the detector ring between the arms (341). The detector ring is held by the two arms in such a way that the detector ring can be rotated about an axis of rotation...