US Patent Issued to Research Instruments on Aug. 26 for "Modular laser-produced plasma X-ray system" (Rhode Island, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,234, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Research Instruments Corp. (Providence, R.I.).

"Modular laser-produced plasma X-ray system" was invented by Daniel John DeCiccio (Winter Park, Fla.) and Christoph Rose-Petruck (Barrington, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular laser-produced plasma X-ray system includes a liquid metal flow system enclosed within a low-pressure chamber, the flow system including a liquid metal, wherein in at least one location on the liquid metal forms a metal target directly illuminated by laser pulses, a circulation pump within the liquid metal flow system for circulating the liquid metal, a laser puls...