Patents by Inventor Daniel Sinars

Daniel Sinars 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).

  • System for phase-contrast x-ray radiography using X pinch radiation and a method thereof
    Patent number: 7292676
    Abstract: A radiograph system with an anode plate, a cathode plate, and a power source coupled to said anode plate and the cathode plate. At least two wires coupled between the anode plate and the cathode plate provide a configuration to form an X-pinch having a photon source size of less than five microns at energies above 2.5 keV. Material at the configuration forming the X-pinch vaporizes upon application of a suitable current to the wires forming a dense hot plasma and emitting a single x-ray pulse with sufficient photons having energies in the range of from about 2.5 keV to about 20 keV to provide a phase contrast image of an object in the path of the photons. Multiple simultaneous images may be formed of a plurality of objects. Suitable filters and x-ray detectors are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Katherine Chandler, Tatiana Chelkovenko, David Hammer, Sergei Pikuz, Daniel Sinars, Byungmoo Song