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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:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Stefan Michael Schneider, Aachen, DE;
Wolfgang Eckenbach, Aachen, DE;
Inventors:
Stefan Michael Schneider, Aachen, DE;
Wolfgang Eckenbach, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an anti-scatter grid for the absorption of X-rays, wherein the wall elements () of the grid consist of a thermoplastic () with heavy metal particles () embedded therein. By using such a mixture, it is possible to produce the wall elements by injection molding, whereby even very finely and complicatedly shaped, in particular two-dimensional, grids may be produced in cost-effective manner.