US Patent Issued to LUXIUM SOLUTIONS on Aug. 19 for "Scintillation crystal including a co-doped rare earth silicate, a radiation detection apparatus including the scintillation crystal, and a process of forming the same" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,913, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to LUXIUM SOLUTIONS LLC (Hiram, Ohio).

"Scintillation crystal including a co-doped rare earth silicate, a radiation detection apparatus including the scintillation crystal, and a process of forming the same" was invented by Samuel Blahuta (Besancon, France) and Vladimir Ouspenski (Saint-Pierre-les-Nemours, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scintillation crystal can include a rare earth silicate, an activator, and a Group 2 co-dopant. In an embodiment, the Group 2 co-dopant concentration may not exceed 200 ppm atomic in the crystal or 0.25 at % in the melt before the crystal is formed. The ra...