Patents by Inventor Jigar Rajendra Shah

Jigar Rajendra Shah has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Brachytherapy and radiography target holding device
    Patent number: 8366088
    Abstract: A target holding device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of target plates, each target plate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the first surface has a plurality of holes. A shaft may be used to facilitate the alignment and joinder of the target plates such that the first surface of one target plate contacts a second surface of an adjacent target plate. The target holding device may optionally include end plates arranged to sandwich the target plates therebetween and/or separator plates alternately arranged with the target plates. The target holding device may be used to produce brachytherapy and/or radiography targets (e.g., seeds, wafers) in a reactor core such that the targets have relatively uniform activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Melissa Allen, William Earl Russell, II, David Allan Rickard, Jigar Rajendra Shah
  • Brachytherapy and radiography target holding device
    Publication number: 20110006186
    Abstract: A target holding device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of target plates, each target plate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the first surface has a plurality of holes. A shaft may be used to facilitate the alignment and joinder of the target plates such that the first surface of one target plate contacts a second surface of an adjacent target plate. The target holding device may optionally include end plates arranged to sandwich the target plates therebetween and/or separator plates alternately arranged with the target plates. The target holding device may be used to produce brachytherapy and/or radiography targets (e.g., seeds, wafers) in a reactor core such that the targets have relatively uniform activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Melissa Allen, William Earl Russell, II, David Allan Rickard, Jigar Rajendra Shah