Patents Assigned to Radiation Monitoring Devices
  • Patent number: 8674311
    Abstract: Evaporation methods and structures for depositing a scintillator film on a surface of a substrate. A radiation detection device including a doped lanthanum halide polycrystalline scintillator formed on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Nagarkar, Valeriy Gaysinskiy
  • Patent number: 8638435
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to bioassays, as well as related devices and methods for detecting targets. The targets may be molecules and/or biological products that a user is interested in analyzing to determine information such as their presence and/or concentration in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis H. Strong, Clark M. Edson, Senerath Palamakumbura, Daniel B. Hall, Gyula Varadi
  • Publication number: 20130341511
    Abstract: Li-containing scintillator compositions, as well as related structures and methods are described. Radiation detection systems and methods are described which include a Cs2LiLn Halide scintillator composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanai S. Shah, William M. Higgins, Edgar V. Van Loef, Jaroslaw Glodo, Rastgo Hawrami, Urmila Shirwadkar
  • Patent number: 8586935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to quaternary compound scintillators and related devices and methods. The scintillators may include, for example, a quaternary compound, the quaternary compound having a first position, a second position, a third position, a fourth position; wherein the first position is Cs; the second position is Li; the third position is La or Lu; and the fourth position is Cl, Br, or I. In certain embodiments, the scintillator composition can further include a single dopant or mixture of dopants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanai S. Shah, William M. Higgins, Edgar V. Van Loef, Jaroslaw Glodo
  • Patent number: 8575553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to scintillator compositions and related devices and methods. The scintillator compositions may include, for example, a scintillation compound and a dopant, the scintillation compound having the formula x1-x2-x3-x4 and x1 is Cs; x2 is Na; x3 is La, Gd, or Lu; and x4 is Br or I. In certain embodiments, the scintillator composition can include a single dopant or mixture of dopants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanai S. Shah, William M. Higgins, Edgar V. Van Loef, Jaroslaw Glodo
  • Publication number: 20130214771
    Abstract: Devices and methods for detecting defects in reinforced concrete using eddy current detection technology are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for detecting defects in reinforced concrete may include the steps of: providing a probe with a plurality of eddy current sensors disposed along a circumferential direction of the probe; inducing an eddy current in a reinforcing structure of the reinforced concrete with at least one of the plurality of eddy current sensors; and detecting a circumferential and longitudinal location of a defect in the reinforcing structure of the reinforced concrete with at least one of the plurality of eddy current sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8440980
    Abstract: Li-containing scintillator compositions, as well as related structures and methods are described. Radiation detection systems and methods are described which include a Cs2LiLn Halide scintillator composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanai S. Shah, William M. Higgins, Edgar V. Van Loef, Jaroslaw Glodo, Rastgo Hawrami, Urmila Shirwadkar
  • Patent number: 8415637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to quaternary compound scintillators and related devices and methods. The scintillators may include, for example, a mixed halide scintillator composition including at least two different CsLiLa halide compounds and a dopant. Related detection devices and methods are further included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanai S. Shah, William M. Higgins, Edgar V. Van Loef, Jaroslaw Glodo
  • Patent number: 8405035
    Abstract: Phoswich scintillator detectors, related devices and methods, as well as evaporation-based methods and structures for fabricating phoswich scintillators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Vivek Nagarkar
  • Patent number: 8362439
    Abstract: The present invention relates to scintillator compositions and related devices and methods. The scintillator may include, for example, a mixed scintillator composition including at least two different CsXLa halide compounds and a dopant, wherein X is Na or Li. Related radiation detection devices and methods are further included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanai S. Shah, William M. Higgins, Edgar V. Van Loef, Jaroslaw Glodo
  • Publication number: 20130010068
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing an augmented reality system are disclosed. In one instance, an augmented reality system may: identify a feature within a three-dimensional environment; project information into the three-dimensional environment; collect an image of the three-dimensional environment and the projected information; determine at least one of distance and orientation of the feature from the projected information; identify an object within the three-dimensional environment; and perform markerless tracking of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy C. Tiernan, Kevin Grant Osborn, Thomas Anthony Keemon, JR., Robert Vinci
  • Publication number: 20120223236
    Abstract: Scintillator materials based on mixed garnet compositions, as well as corresponding methods and systems, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanai S. Shah, Charles Brecher, Yimin Wang, Gary Baldoni, William Rhodes
  • Patent number: 8242452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to scintillator compositions and related devices and methods. The scintillator may include, for example, a mixed halide scintillator composition including at least two different CsNaLa halide compounds and a dopant. Related radiation detection devices and methods are further included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanai S. Shah, William M. Higgins, Edgar V. Van Loef, Jaroslaw Glodo
  • Publication number: 20120184831
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for monitoring hemodynamics are described. The systems and methods generally involve directing light toward an area of the body and detecting the resulting scattered light. The scattered light is detected and an electrical signal representative of the scattered light intensity is generated from the detected light. The electrical signal is analyzed by measuring temporal fluctuations of such signals to monitor pathological states over time including hemorrhagic shock, hypoxia, and tissue graft vascularization. Such monitoring can have significant benefits to patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Madhavi Seetamraju, Rajan S. Gurjar, David E. Wolf
  • Patent number: 8153982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to scintillator compositions and related devices and methods. The scintillator compositions may include, for example, a scintillation compound and a dopant, the scintillation compound having the formula CsLi(LaxY1-x)Z, where Z is a halide. The scintillator composition can include a dopant or mixture of dopants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanai S. Shah, William M. Higgins, Edgar V. Van Loef, Jaroslaw Glodo
  • Patent number: 8153983
    Abstract: The present invention concerns scintillator compositions comprising gadolinium halide and a dopant. The gadolinium halide and dopant material (e.g., GdI3:Ce) has surprisingly good characteristics including high light output, high gamma-ray stopping efficiency, fast response, low cost, good proportionality, and minimal afterglow, thereby making the material useful for various applications including, for example, gamma-ray spectroscopy, medical imaging, nuclear and high energy physics research, diffraction, non-destructive testing, nuclear treaty verification and safeguards, and geological exploration. The timing resolution of the scintillators of the present invention also provides compositions suitable for use in imaging applications, such as positron emission tomography (e.g., time-of-flight PET) and CT imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanai S Shah, William M Higgins, Edgar V Van Loef, Jaroslaw Glodo
  • Publication number: 20120050736
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to bioassays, as well as related devices and methods for detecting targets. The targets may be molecules and/or biological products that a user is interested in analyzing to determine information such as their presence and/or concentration in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis H. Strong, Clark M. Edson, Senerath Palamakumbura, Daniel B. Hall, Gyula Varadi
  • Publication number: 20120019236
    Abstract: Eddy current detection probes and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the eddy current detection probes are hybrid probes, including a solid state sensor and a detection loop. In some embodiments, the eddy current detection probes include a drive coil and a detection loop, with the detection loop having a sensitive axis that is not parallel to principal axis of the drive coil. In some such embodiments, the sensitive axis of the detection loop is perpendicular to the principal axis of the drive coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy C. Tiernan, Mark Steinback, Noa M. Rensing, Evan Weststrate
  • Patent number: 8084742
    Abstract: Imaging systems including phoswich scintillator detectors, related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Vivek Nagarkar
  • Patent number: 7977645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to scintillator compositions and related devices and methods. The scintillator may include, for example, a mixed scintillator composition including at least two different CsXLa halide compounds and a dopant, wherein X is Na or Li. Related radiation detection devices and methods are further included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanai S. Shah, William M. Higgins, Edgar V. Van Loef, Jaroslaw Glodo