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Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2017
Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Brett A. Muehlhauser, Rogers, MN (US);

Matthew J. Johnson, Rogers, MN (US);

Tucker J. Behrns, Rogers, MN (US);

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1089 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus () provides for tuning of an effective focal spot size of a radiation source. The apparatus may comprise a plurality of inter-channel structures () defining a plurality of channels () passing through the apparatus from a first surface () to a second surface (). The inter-channel structures comprise a first substance and the channels contains a second substance. The first substance attenuates radiation more than the second substance. The inter-channel structures may define the channels such that lines passing through the channels converge at a location on or near the surface of a focal spot ().


Find Patent Forward Citations

Muehlhauser, Brett. (2020). X-ray tube and gamma source focal spot tuning apparatus and method (U.S. Patent No. 10839973). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10839973

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