US Patent Issued to Linev Systems on May 6 for "Shielded x-ray source with radiation shielding and cooling system" (Belarusian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,087, issued on May 6, was assigned to Linev Systems Inc. (Alexandria, Va.).

"Shielded x-ray source with radiation shielding and cooling system" was invented by Vladimir N. Linev (Minsk, Belarus), Alexander Poleshchuk (Minsk, Belarus) and Vitaly Yamniy (Minsk, Belarus).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray source includes an X-ray tube; a radiation shielding shell enclosing the X-ray tube, the radiation shielding shell including a collimator formed integrally with it, wherein the radiation shielding shell comprises finely dispersed powder, polyester or epoxy resin and hardener; a cooler system providing oil to the X-ray tube; and an ...