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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Brown University, Providence, RI (US);
Inventors:
Theodore F. Morse, Providence, RI (US);
Rajiv Gupta, Wayland, MA (US);
Avilash Cramer, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Christopher Bull, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Paul Waltz, Seekonk, MA (US);
Angus Kingon, Providence, RI (US);
Assignee:
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/00 (2006.01); C03B 37/012 (2006.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01); B29C 43/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/203 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); B29C 43/58 (2006.01); G02B 27/02 (2006.01); B82Y 15/00 (2011.01); B29K 27/12 (2006.01); B29K 505/02 (2006.01); B29K 105/16 (2006.01); B29K 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 25/00 (2006.01); B29C 43/18 (2006.01); B29K 77/00 (2006.01); B29L 11/00 (2006.01); B29K 709/08 (2006.01); B29K 505/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 37/01262 (2013.01); B29C 43/00 (2013.01); B29C 43/58 (2013.01); B29D 11/0074 (2013.01); B29D 11/00701 (2013.01); G01T 1/201 (2013.01); G01T 1/2033 (2013.01); G02B 27/023 (2013.01); B29C 43/003 (2013.01); B29C 43/18 (2013.01); B29C 2043/5808 (2013.01); B29K 2023/12 (2013.01); B29K 2025/06 (2013.01); B29K 2027/12 (2013.01); B29K 2077/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/162 (2013.01); B29K 2505/02 (2013.01); B29K 2505/08 (2013.01); B29K 2709/08 (2013.01); B29L 2011/00 (2013.01); B82Y 15/00 (2013.01); C03B 2203/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to manufacture a coherent bundle of scintillating fibers is disclosed. A method includes providing a collimated bundle having a glass preform with capillaries therethrough known in the industry as a glass capillary array, and infusing the glass capillary array with a scintillating polymer or a polymer matrix containing scintillating nanoparticles.