US Patent Issued to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS on March 18 for "Flash electron applicator with integrated dosimeter" (California, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,581, issued on March 18, was assigned to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Flash electron applicator with integrated dosimeter" was invented by Daniel Charles Pawlak (Dixon, Calif.), Lasitha Senadheera (Mountain View, Calif.), Reza Alibazi Behbahani (North Brunswick, N.J.), William T. Main (Mariposa, Calif.) and Nicholas James Pouliot (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electron applicator, which is used along with a linear accelerator in a FLASH radiotherapy treatment program, includes an integrated dosimeter for accurately measuring the FLASH radiation levels, and an interchangeable high-density polym...