Patents Assigned to SHINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  • Apparatus and method for generating medical isotopes
    Patent number: 11238999
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating medical isotopes provides an annular fissile solution vessel surrounding a neutron generator. The annular fissile solution vessel provides for good capture of the emitted neutrons and a geometry that provides enhanced stability in an aqueous reactor. A neutron multiplier and/or a neutron moderator may be used to improve the efficiency and control the criticality of the reaction in the annular fissile solution vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Richard Piefer, Thad Alexander Heltemes, Eric Nicholas Van Abel, Ross Francis Radel
  • Device and method for producing medical isotopes
    Patent number: 9734926
    Abstract: A hybrid nuclear reactor for producing a medical isotope includes an ion source for producing an ion beam from a gas, a target chamber including a target that interacts with the ion beam to produce neutrons, and an activation cell positioned proximate the target chamber and including a parent material that interacts with the neutrons to produce the medical isotope via a fission reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SHINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Gregory Piefer
  • METHODS OF SEPARATING MEDICAL ISOTOPES FROM URANIUM SOLUTIONS
    Publication number: 20120300891
    Abstract: Provided are methods to separate an isotope from a first solution including uranium. The methods may include (a) cleaning the first solution to form a second solution including the uranium and a third solution including the isotope; (b) oxidizing the third solution to form an oxidized isotope; and (c) separating the oxidized isotope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SHINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Gregory Piefer
  • SEGMENTED REACTION CHAMBER FOR RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20120300890
    Abstract: A reactor that is operable to produce an isotope includes a region for containing a controlled nuclear fission reaction, the region segmented into a plurality of independent compartments, each of the compartments for containing a parent material in an aqueous solution that interacts with neutrons to produce the isotope via a fission reaction. Also provided are methods of producing an isotope using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SHINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Piefer, Thomas Rockwell Mackie