US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on May 12 for "Protective shield for radiology scanners" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,662, issued on May 12, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Protective shield for radiology scanners" was invented by Terrence R Oakes (Middleton, Wis.), Azam Syed Ahmed (Madison, Wis.), Joseph A Kiel (Newport, Minn.), Jordan Henry (Oregon, Wis.) and Andrew Culp (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shield for the bore of radiology scanners provides a resilient sheet material that can be compressed against the inner surface of the bore by a circumference expander greatly simplifying installation."

The patent was filed on July 19, 2021, under Application No. 17/378,860.

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