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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/043 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); G06Q 20/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
An X-ray tube billing system for a fluoroscopic apparatus for non-destructive inspection configured to perform X-ray fluoroscopy on a subject using an X-ray tube includes a fluoroscopy time detector configured to detect a length of time during which the X-ray fluoroscopy has been performed using the X-ray tube, and a billing amount calculator configured to calculate a billing amount related to use of the X-ray tube based on the length of time during which the X-ray fluoroscopy has been performed, which is detected by the fluoroscopy time detector.