ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,655, issued on May 12, was assigned to Positrigo AG (Zurich).
"Positron emission tomography (PET)-scanning device" was invented by Max Ludwig Ahnen (Zurich, Switzerland), Jannis Nikolaus Rudolf Fischer (Zurich, Switzerland) and Ekaterina Mikhaylova (Riniken, 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 which has or to which is attached a U-shaped portion with two arms for holding the detector ring between the arms. The detector ring is held by the two arms in such a way that the det...