ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,567, issued on April 21, was assigned to NEUBORON THERAPY SYSTEM LTD. (Xiamen, China).
"Neutron capture therapy apparatus" was invented by Yuan-hao Liu (Xiamen, China) and Wei-lin Chen (Xiamen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a neutron capture therapy apparatus. The neutron capture therapy apparatus is used for irradiating a neutron beam with a preset neutron dose to an object to be irradiated. The neutron beam enters the object and undergoes a nuclear reaction with boron in the object. The neutron capture therapy apparatus includes a correction system for correcting the preset neutron dose."
The patent was filed ...