Patent Technology

patents

PMI's 1984 charter to design, develop and manufacture superior x-ray imaging components has evolved over the years to advancing x-ray imaging technology.  Principals at PMI have authored eighteen patents in x-ray technology, and currently have x-ray technology disclosures and patents pending.

  • 3,178,503 X-Ray Apparatus Cables for Use in Explosive Hazardous Area
  • 3,567,939 Method & Apparatus for Mitigating Surface Disruption of X-Ray Tube Targets
  • 3,650,846 Process for Reconstructing the Grain Structure of X-Ray Tube Targets
  • 3,699,373 X-Ray Tube with Electrically Conductive Bypass
  • 3,743,836 Dual-Filament X-Ray Tube
  • 3,795,832 Rotating Anode Target
  • 3,821,581 Targets for X-Ray Tubes
  • 3,900,751 Warp Resistant Anode
  • 3,946,261 Dual Filament X-Ray Tube
  • 3,962,583 X-Ray Tube Focusing Means
  • 3,982,059 Flexible Cable Termination
  • 4,225,787 Pulsed Stator Motor Drive (Co-Inventor)
  • 4,316,129 X-Ray Tube Control System
  • 4,321,471 X-Ray Target Monitor
  • 4,336,476 Grooved X-Ray Generator
  • 6,320,936 X-Ray Tube Assembly with Beam Limiting Device for Reducing Off-Focus Radiation
  • 7,012,989 Multiple Grooved X-Ray Generator
  • 7,397,898 X-Ray Generator and Method