US Patent Issued on June 23 for "X-ray flash radiotherapy devices and methods" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,529, issued on June 23.

"X-ray flash radiotherapy devices and methods" was invented by James Russell Price (Delray Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An x-ray FLASH radiotherapy device uses an electron beam to generate x-rays on a target element. The focal area on the target element is about 1 to about 12 cm2. The target element is separated from a radiotherapy patient by a thin aerogel insulator. Using about 50 to 200 kV of power, the x-ray FLASH radiotherapy device administers 40 Gy/s of radiation or more during short bursts or pulses of one second or less. Due to the short duration of these pulses, heating of the target el...