US Patent Issued to ARTMS on Aug. 25 for "Proton energy degrader devices and methods of using same" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,665, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ARTMS Inc. (Burnaby, Canada).

"Proton energy degrader devices and methods of using same" was invented by Joel Kumlin (Burnaby, Canada), Maurice G. Dodd (Chilliwack, Canada) and Brian Hook (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a proton beam degrader and a cooling assembly. The proton beam degrader includes a degrader foil that is positioned within a path of a particle beam directed to strike a target. The degrader can include a plurality of fins positioned outside of a conduit within which the degrader foil is positioned to transfer heat away from the degra...