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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Carl Cohen, Knoxville, TN (US);
A. Andrew Carey, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Mark S. Andreaco, Knoxville, TN (US);
Matthias J. Schmand, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 4/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure discloses rare earth metal halide scintillators compositions with reduced hygroscopicity. Compositions in specific implementations include three group of elements: Lanthanides, (La, Ce, Lu, Gd or V), elements in group 17 of the periodic table of elements (CI, Br and I) and elements of group 13 (B, AI, Ga, In, TI), and any combination of these elements. Examples of methods for making the compositions are also disclosed.