ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,092, issued on March 17, was assigned to SMITHS DETECTION INC. (Edgewood, Md.).
"Collimator and methods of forming same" was invented by Pedro Andres Garzon (Santa Clara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collimator includes a collimator cover formed from a material with low radiation attenuation, and a plurality of septa formed from a radiation attenuating material. The collimator cover includes a base plate, a first side plate extending from the base plate, and a second, opposing side plate extending from the base plate. The first side plate has a plurality of first slots defined therein and the second side plate has a plura...