ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,194, issued on May 13, was assigned to Nucletron Operations B.V. (Veenendaal, Netherlands).
"Sensing apparatus" was invented by Sjoerd Ferwerda (Veenendaal, Netherlands) and Martin van Beek (Veenendaal, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing apparatus for sensing the presence of a radioactive source, or check-dummy- or sensor cable, at a point along the sensing apparatus during a brachytherapy procedure. The sensing apparatus comprises a transfer tube comprising a first end and a second end. The second end being downstream of the first end. The sensing apparatus further comprises sensing means operable to detect the pre...