ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,363, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago).
"Remote sublimination apparatus" was invented by David Rotsch (Montgomery, Ill.), Jerry A. Nolen Jr. (Chicago), Sergey D. Chemerisov (Lisle, Ill.), James L Bailey (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Ronald T. Kmak (Homer Glen, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remotely controllable sublimation apparatus that includes a crucible block adapted to retain a crucible containing a solid mixture comprising one or more radionuclides, a first heating block comprising one or more first heating elements configured to selectively generate heat having a first temperature sufficient to a...