ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,750, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Hi Tech Solutions LLC (Kennewick, Wash.).

"Nuclear instrument removal system for use with processing a nuclear instrument, associated feed and cut module, and method of processing a nuclear instrument" was invented by Michael A. Lesko (Latrobe, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nuclear instrument removal system (NIRS) for use with processing a nuclear instrument is provided. The NIRS includes a control system and an instrument processing system configured for use with the control system. The instrument processing system includes a counter module configured to receive the nuclear instrument, ...