ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,480, issued on March 18, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).
"Collimated electron beam sterilization dose" was invented by Jorn Meissner (Neubiberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collimator to control and/or focus radiation originating from an electron beam source, comprising at least a first absorber comprising a first side configured to allow the beam entry and a second side opposite to the first side; and at least one recess in the first absorber wherein a first contour of the recess at the first side is larger than a second contour of the recess at the second side. Further, a to control and/or...