Patents by Inventor Nuray Yavuzkanat

Nuray Yavuzkanat 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).

  • Radioactivity detection in a target fluid in a fluid communication passageway with a region of scintillator material and a solid-state light-sensor element
    Patent number: 10877164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting radioactivity. In particular, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to the detection of radioactivity in a target fluid in a fluid communication passageway using a region of scintillator material (130) to provide light responsive to the presence of radioactive material and at least one silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) (150) for providing an output signal responsive to the light provided by the scintillator material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: The University of Hull
    Inventors: Stephen James Archibald, David Jenkins, Nuray Yavuzkanat, Mohammad Mehdi Nasr Esfahani, Mark Tarn, Nicole Pamme
  • RADIOACTIVITY DETECTION
    Publication number: 20190265369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting radioactivity. In particular, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to the detection of radioactivity in a target fluid in a fluid communication passageway using a region of scintillator material (130) to provide light responsive to the presence of radioactive material and at least one silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) (150) for providing an output signal responsive to the light provided by the scintillator material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen James Archibald, David Jenkins, Nuray Yavuzkanat, Mohammad Mehdi Nasr Esfahani, Mark Tarn, Nicole Pamme