ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,899, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Northstar Medical Technologies LLC (Beloit, Wis.).
"Pebble bed beam converter" was invented by Melissa Daniels (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Bryant Mueller (Madison, Wis.) and Richard Sisson (Beloit, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A converter for converting an electron beam into photons is provided. The converter can include a plurality of spherical beads made of high atomic number (high-Z material) disposed within a coolant fluid. The converter can include an inlet and an outlet for the coolant fluid. The coolant fluid can flow in a opposite direction as a direction of an electron beam."
The pate...