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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Mark S. Derzon, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Alex Robinson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Paul C. Galambos, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); H05G 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); H01J 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4057 (2013.01); A61N 5/1014 (2013.01); H01J 35/02 (2013.01); H05G 2/003 (2013.01); H05G 2/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radiation generator useful for medical applications, among others, is provided. The radiation generator includes a catheter; a plasma discharge chamber situated within a terminal portion of the catheter, a cathode and an anode positioned within the plasma discharge chamber and separated by a gap, and a high-voltage transmission line extensive through the interior of the catheter and terminating on the cathode and anode so as to deliver, in operation, one or more voltage pulses across the gap.