Patents Assigned to Niton LLC
  • Radiation shield for portable x-ray fluorescence instruments
    Patent number: 6965118
    Abstract: A radiation shield and method for reducing ambient radiation levels at a distance from a surface irradiated by penetrating radiation emanating from an instrument. The shield attaches to an end of the instrument abutting an irradiated surface and has a platen of attenuating material disposed within a plane substantially transverse to the propagation direction of penetrating radiation and substantially adjacent to the irradiated surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Niton LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Martin, Anthony Honnellio, Lee Grodzins
  • Neutron and gamma ray monitor
    Publication number: 20050023479
    Abstract: An apparatus for selective radiation detection includes a neutron detector that facilitates detection of neutron emitters, e.g. plutonium, and the like; a gamma ray detector that facilitates detection of gamma ray sources, e.g., uranium, and the like; and/or an X-ray analyzer that facilitates detection of materials that can shield radioactive sources, e.g., lead, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: NITON LLC
    Inventor: Lee Grodzins