ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,252, issued on March 18, was assigned to National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (Chiba, Japan).
"Radiation detector" was invented by Taiga Yamaya (Chiba, Japan) and Miwako Takahashi (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a radiation detector that can allow an operator to more accurately identify a position of a body tissue into which radionuclides have been taken. A radiation detector includes: a probe which has a radiation detection element housed therein and which is insertable into a body; a reporting part provided to the probe; and a control part configured to cause the reporting part to operate...