ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,786, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Huapeng Neutron Technology (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).

"Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) system comprising a target current monitoring device" was invented by Sheng Wang (Hangzhou, China), Yaocheng Hu (Hangzhou, China), Jingjing Fan (Hangzhou, China), Yupeng Xie (Hangzhou, China) and Haoquan Su (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A target current monitoring device for a boron neutron capture therapy system includes a beam current shaping body and a replaceable target part disposed inside a proton channel of the beam current shaping body, and further includes an automa...