ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,701, issued on March 17, was assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).
"Crystal growth station including adjustable crystal pulling assembly to facilitate rapid production" was invented by Troy Marlar (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crystal growth station includes an adjustable crystal pulling system that implements an adjustment assembly and a motion head coupled to the adjustment assembly. The crystal growth station further includes a moveable furnace chamber configured to be displaced with respect to a docking area of the adjustable crystal pulling system. The adjustment assembly adjusts a ...