US Patent Issued to UCHICAGO ARGONNE on Oct. 28 for "Compact assembly for production of medical isotopes via photonuclear reactions" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,559, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago).

"Compact assembly for production of medical isotopes via photonuclear reactions" was invented by Michael A. Brown (Chicago), Jerry A. Nolen Jr. (Chciago, Ill.), Walter F. Henning (St. Charles, Ill.), David A. Rotsch (Montgomery, Ill.), Sergey D. Chemerisov (Lisle, Ill.) and Jeongseog Song (Lisle, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a method for generating medical isotopes, the method comprising contacting a primary radiation beam with a converter for a time sufficient to produce a secondary beam of gamma particles, and contacting the beam o...