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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7430280 | Radiation emitting device A radiation emitting source includes a radiation emitter, an emitter switch, a collimator, a rotating mechanism and a shielding enclosure. The collimator has a central axial through-hole portion and a plurality of radial apertures. The through-hole portion receives ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7372057 | Arrangement for providing a reproducible target flow for the energy beam-induced generation of short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation The invention is directed to an arrangement for providing a reproducible target flow for the energy beam-induced generation of short-wavelength radiation. It is the object of the invention to find a novel possibility for providing a reproducibly supplied target flow... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7323694 | Fluid treatment system and radiation source module for use therein A radiation source module comprising a support member, a radiation source assembly connected to the support member, the radiation source assembly comprising at least one elongate radiation source having a source longitudinal axis and a module-to-surface seal dispose... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317193 | Ultraviolet radiation water disinfecting device An ultraviolet water treatment system is provided for treating water moving through a treatment area in a direction D. The system includes a series of ultraviolet modules disposed in side-by-side relationship in the treatment area. Each module includes an ultraviole... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7252629 | Device for effecting radiation therapy in an animal body A device for effecting radiation therapy in an animal body has a housing provided with at least one outlet channel, a guide tube connected at one end with the outlet channel and wherein the other end of the guide tube is positionable in the animal body near the site... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7235990 | Probe station comprising a bellows with EMI shielding capabilities A probe station allows for effective EMI shielding of the passage of the probe through the wall of the housing of such probe station. The probe is freely movable in the X, Y and Z directions. The probe station comprises a housing having at least one aperture through... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7217938 | Filter device with a UVC lamp and a cleaning arrangement for said UVC lamp A filter device with a UVC lamp for filtering fluids, with a lamp housing, which is installed in a flow of the fluid to be filtered and has a principal axis, is characterized by the fact that at least one cleaning element is arranged in contact with a fluid-side sur... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7205537 | Ion guides with movable RF multiple segments The invention relates to an ion guide consisting of RF multipole segments to transfer ions from an ion source into a mass analyzer. The invention consists in having movable RF multipole segments in the ion guide which extend or electrically connect other RF multipol... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192065 | System for providing communication between the interior and the exterior of a compartment A system for making a connection between the interior and exterior of a compartment, comprising a door opening through the compartment wall, a connector body which can engage with the wall, and having a connection port through it, and a removable cover on the connec... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180248 | Inductively coupled ballast circuit A ballast circuit is disclosed for inductively providing power to a load. The ballast circuit includes an oscillator, a driver, a switching circuit, a resonant tank circuit and a current sensing circuit. The current sensing circuit provides a current feedback signal... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7164143 | PET and SPECT systems with attenuation correction A radiation source comprising: a source of radiation; a plate having an aperture formed therein, said aperture facing the source of radiation; and means for moving the source when no radiation is d... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7126142 | Source loading apparatus for imaging systems A transmission source loading apparatus for an imaging system utilizing a transmission source is disclosed. The source loading apparatus comprises a storage container for storing the transmission source, and a translation device. The translation device is adapted fo... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111365 | Knob with decorative ring and snap on cap A multi-piece knob having a cylindrical tubular plastic body with a central hub and a peripheral wall. An annular end wall extends from the peripheral wall and terminates radially short of the central hub to define a passage into the tubular body and around the hub.... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097609 | After loader apparatus as well as a device for exchanging an after loader cartridge The invention relates to an after loader apparatus for treatment of tumours in an animal body comprising a housing with at least one exchangeable radiation source connected to a first end of a transport wire, which wire is connected with its other end to transport m... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7071480 | Sensor with alignment self compensation A material web attribute detection system with the material web having a first side and a second side. The system includes a radiation source located proximate to the first side of the material web and emitting radiation toward the material web, and a radiation dete... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051719 | Combustion enhancement device A combustion enhancement device for internal combustion engines using alpha and/or beta particles to add ions to air intake thereby facilitating complete combustion. There is a base material with holes. Tabs form the walls of the holes or channels. On the base mater... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7041047 | Method and apparatus for the delivery of brachytherapy A brachytherapy device includes a radiation source and a multi-cannula delivery system for implantation of the radiation source into a body tissue site. The radiation source may be, for example, a substantially straight round wire, a substantially straight flat wire... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6995372 | Nuclear gauge for measuring a characteristic of a sheet material with sheet position and alignment compensation A material sheet attribute detection system, the material sheet having a first side and a second side, the system includes a radiation source located proximate to the first side of the material sheet, the radiation source emitting radiation toward the material sheet... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6897460 | Ultraviolet pasteurizer When an ultraviolet pasteurizer is used in a room free of a person, left and right light shield doors are opened to expose ultraviolet lamps outwardly. When an operation switch on a control panel is then turned on, an operation start timer is actuated, and the ultra... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6781114 | Radiographic camera A radiographic camera has a housing, having first and second ends, that encloses a conduit having a radiographic source. The conduit is in communication with a lock assembly at the back end of the camera and to a connector assembly at the front end of the camera. Th... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6718000 | Ventilated vertical overpack An apparatus, system, and method of storing and transferring a canister of spent nuclear fuel. In one aspect, the apparatus is a lid for a ventilated vertical overpack having a chamber for receiving spent nuclear fuel, the lid having ventilation ducts. In one aspect... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6653646 | Material activating method and device for carrying out the same A material activating device (10) comprises a radioactive layer (11) of a radioactive means that generates radioactive rays for irradiating a material to be activated, and conductive metal layers (12,13) disposed on one side of the radioactive layer (11) ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6635008 | System and method for delivering a medical treatment to a treatment site A system is provided for delivering a medical treatment to a treatment site in a vessel or other conduit in a mammalian body, including an afterloader including a housing, a drive member, and a conduit having a first end operatively associated with an out... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6617599 | Apparatus and method for automated indexing of a nuclear gauge The invention provides a method and apparatus for facilitating calibration of a nuclear gauge by automating the movement of a source rod between a plurality of source rod positions. The apparatus can include a linearly moveable member, such as a threaded ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6503185 | Method and apparatus for treating a desired area in the vascular system of a patient Apparatus and method are described for delivery of a treating element, such as a radiation source, through a catheter to a desired site in the vascular system of a patient, such as a coronary artery, for inhibiting the formation of scar tissue such as may... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6452200 | Gap shielded container for a radioactive source The invention relates to a container for a radioactive source, having reduced radiation leakage from a gap between movable housing components. The container comprises a housing having a bore extending into the housing. A removable cylindrical sleeve havin... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6377004 | Thin vacuum valve for particle accelerator beam lines A thin vacuum valve for particle accelerator beam lines comprising of a frame, a slide, a shaft, a first clamp, and preferably a second clamp, which is easily constructed from highly electrically conductive material and presents substantially smooth, flat... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6373068 | Apparatus and method for preparing radioactive medicines for administration An irradiation vessel is made from such material and in such form that it can also be used as administration vessel of a medicine contained therein, this medicine first being irradiated with neutrons in a nuclear reactor and subsequently being administere... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6337487 | Ultraviolet radiation drying oven and printing machine including at least one such drying oven An ultraviolet radiation drying oven includes a lamp with a localized opening for radiation to pass through and, associated with the opening, a mask mounted to move between a closed position and an open position, the mask being divided into two shutters a... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6331713 | Movable ion source assembly An ion source assembly 10 is disclosed, the assembly comprising a source sub assembly having an ion source 20, an extraction electrode 40 and an electrically insulating high voltage bushing 60 to support the extraction electrode 40 relative to the ion sou... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6316782 | System and method for the detection of abnormal radiation exposures using pulsed optically stimulated luminescence This invention relates generally to luminescence techniques for imaging radiation fields and, more specifically, to the use of experimental and mathematical methods to distinguish between dynamic irradiation and static--or other abnormal radiation--exposu... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6265696 | Heat treatment method and a heat treatment apparatus for controlling the temperature of a substrate surface A substrate to be processed on which a thin film is formed is supported by a support member. The substrate to be processed is heated by a heating section. The surface temperature is measured by a radiation thermometer, and the heating temperature of the h... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6252238 | Micro-processing method using a probe An electroconductive micro-region surrounded by a non-electroconductive region is formed on a non-electroconductive substrate surface. Such an electroconductive micro-region is formed by forming a non-electroconductive thin film on a non-electroconductive... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6166388 | Source guide tube for radiography source projector system, system containing tube and flexible radiation attenuating sleeve for a tube A radiation shield (2) for a flexible tube such as a source guide tube (4) of a radiography projector system, said shield comprising a flexible sleeve (6) comprising an axial assembly of axially overlapping tubular units (10) of elastomeric material conta... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6137114 | Irradiation apparatus An irradiation apparatus has at least one exchangeable radiation source that may be moved by means of a transport cable between at least one rest position and at least one irradiation position and a long-distance transport container for radiation sources ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6133578 | Nuclear gauge for measuring a characteristic of moving sheet material and alignment compensation For measuring basis weight of a moving web in the cross direction scanner of a paper-making machine, an encapsulated nuclear source of Promethium 147 is used because of its wide area of emission. To conserve space it is mounted on a vertical axis. The sou... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6049083 | Variable length source for transmission scanning Gamma transmission apparatus for use with a gamma camera for reducing transmission imaging period duration, wherein a camera processor is only capable of a maximum number of calculations per second, each photon detected by the camera requires a specific n... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6048300 | Compact cartridge for afterloader A compact cartridge for an afterloader includes a housing containing a radioactive sourcewire and a dummy test wire, each accommodated in a helical groove on the periphery of a wire storage drum. The wires are contained in the grooves by low friction bear... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5600145 | Emission/transmission device for use with a dual head nuclear medicine gamma camera with the transmission source located behind the emission collimator A SPECT system includes two radiation detector heads (32) and (34) which are mounted opposite each other to a gantry (30) for rotation about a subject. The subject is injected with a source of emission radiation, which emission radiation passes through a ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5503041 | Apparatus for connecting a first end part of a cable to a drive unit A method and apparatus for connecting a first end part of a cable to a drive unit, this cable carrying at its second end part an element, such as a source of radiation, which can be moved through a guide tube, wherein there are provided at least two first... | 04/02/1996 |
