Patents by Inventor William H. Park, JR.
William H. Park, JR. 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).
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Patent number: 11968774Abstract: According to some embodiments, an electrostatic particle accelerator may include an assembly having a motor and support plate; an acceleration tube; one or more stage assemblies each having an alternator coupled to a common drive shaft, a power supply coupled to one of the plurality of electrodes, and an opening to receive a portion of the acceleration tube; a pressure vessel configured to enclose the acceleration tube when the pressure vessel is fastened to the support plate; and a circulator configured to pump high pressure gas into the pressure vessel. The acceleration tube can include an ion source, an extraction assembly, and a plurality of tube segments each having a plurality of electrodes and one or more power connectors attached to one of the electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Neutron Therapeutics LLCInventors: William H. Park, Jr., Theodore H. Smick, Geoffrey Ryding, Ronald Horner
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Patent number: 11553584Abstract: Design and making methods of a neutrons generating target are described. In some embodiments, a surface of a target substrate can be modified to form one or more surface features. In some embodiments, a neutron source layer can be disposed on the surface of the target substrate. In some embodiments, the neutron source layer and the target substrate can be heated to an elevated temperature to form a bond between the two. In some embodiments, the surface modification of the target substrate can reduce blistering and material exfoliation in the target. The target can be used in boron neutron capture therapy.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Neutron Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: William H. Park, Jr., Mark Lambert, Joseph Gillespie, Noah Smick, Takao Sakase
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Publication number: 20210272716Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for producing neutrons for applications such as boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) are described. An apparatus can include a rotary fixture with a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, and a plurality of neutron-producing segments. Each neutron-producing segment of the plurality of neutron-producing segments is removably coupled to the rotary fixture, and includes a substrate having a coolant channel circuit defined therein and a solid neutron source layer disposed thereon. The coolant channel circuits are in fluid communication with the coolant inlet and the coolant outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Neutron Therapeutics Inc.Inventors: William H. Park, Jr., Steven P. Konish, Theodore H. Smick, Takao Sakase
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Patent number: 11024437Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for producing neutrons for applications such as boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) are described. An apparatus can include a rotary fixture with a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, and a plurality of neutron-producing segments. Each neutron-producing segment of the plurality of neutron-producing segments is removably coupled to the rotary fixture, and includes a substrate having a coolant channel circuit defined therein and a solid neutron source layer disposed thereon. The coolant channel circuits are in fluid communication with the coolant inlet and the coolant outlet.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2016Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Neutron Therapeutics Inc.Inventors: William H. Park, Jr., Steven P. Konish, Theodore H. Smick, Takao Sakase
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Publication number: 20210120660Abstract: According to some embodiments, an electrostatic particle accelerator may include an assembly having a motor and support plate; an acceleration tube; one or more stage assemblies each having an alternator coupled to a common drive shaft, a power supply coupled to one of the plurality of electrodes, and an opening to receive a portion of the acceleration tube; a pressure vessel configured to enclose the acceleration tube when the pressure vessel is fastened to the support plate; and a circulator configured to pump high pressure gas into the pressure vessel. The acceleration tube can include an ion source, an extraction assembly, and a plurality of tube segments each having a plurality of electrodes and one or more power connectors attached to one of the electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Neutron Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: William H. Park, JR., Theodore H. Smick, Geoffrey Ryding, Ronald Horner
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Publication number: 20200037430Abstract: Design and making methods of a neutrons generating target are described. In some embodiments, a surface of a target substrate can be modified to form one or more surface features. In some embodiments, a neutron source layer can be disposed on the surface of the target substrate. In some embodiments, the neutron source layer and the target substrate can be heated to an elevated temperature to form a bond between the two. In some embodiments, the surface modification of the target substrate can reduce blistering and material exfoliation in the target. The target can be used in boron neutron capture therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Neutron Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: William H. Park, JR., Mark Lambert, Joseph Gillespie, Noah Smick, Takao Sakase
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Patent number: 10462893Abstract: Design and making methods of a neutrons generating target are described. In some embodiments, a surface of a target substrate can be modified to form one or more surface features. In some embodiments, a neutron source layer can be disposed on the surface of the target substrate. In some embodiments, the neutron source layer and the target substrate can be heated to an elevated temperature to form a bond between the two. In some embodiments, the surface modification of the target substrate can reduce blistering and material exfoliation in the target. The target can be used in boron neutron capture therapy.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: NEUTRON THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: William H. Park, Jr., Mark Lambert, Joseph Gillespie, Noah Smick, Takao Sakase
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Publication number: 20180352643Abstract: Design and making methods of a neutrons generating target are described. In some embodiments, a surface of a target substrate can be modified to form one or more surface features. In some embodiments, a neutron source layer can be disposed on the surface of the target substrate. In some embodiments, the neutron source layer and the target substrate can be heated to an elevated temperature to form a bond between the two. In some embodiments, the surface modification of the target substrate can reduce blistering and material exfoliation in the target. The target can be used in boron neutron capture therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: William H. Park, JR., Mark Lambert, Joseph Gillespie, Noah Smick, Takao Sakase
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Publication number: 20170062086Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for producing neutrons for applications such as boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) are described. An apparatus can include a rotary fixture with a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, and a plurality of neutron-producing segments. Each neutron-producing segment of the plurality of neutron-producing segments is removably coupled to the rotary fixture, and includes a substrate having a coolant channel circuit defined therein and a solid neutron source layer disposed thereon. The coolant channel circuits are in fluid communication with the coolant inlet and the coolant outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: William H. PARK, JR., Steven P. KONISH, Theodore H. SMICK, Takao SAKASE
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Publication number: 20110114850Abstract: A ribbon-shaped ion beam is modified using multiple coil structures on a pair of opposed ferromagnetic bars. The coil structures comprise continuous windings which have predetermined variations along the length of the bar of turns per unit length. In an example, one coil structure may have uniform turns per unit length along the bar, so that energizing the coil structures forms a magnetic field component extending across the gap between the bars with a quadrupole intensity distribution. A second coil structure may have turns per unit length varying to produce a hexapole magnetic field intensity distribution. Further coil structures may be provided to produce octopole and decapole magnetic field distributions. The coil structures may be energized to produce magnetic fields parallel to the bars which vary along the length of the bars, to twist or flatten the ribbon-shaped beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: TWIN CREEKS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kenneth H. Purser, William H. Park, JR.
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Publication number: 20110114851Abstract: A ribbon-shaped ion beam having an elongate cross-section normal to a beam direction is modified by generating, at a predetermined position along the ribbon-shaped beam, a magnetic field extending in an x-direction along an x-axis. The x-direction magnetic field has a non-uniform intensity which is a desired function of x.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: TWIN CREEKS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kenneth Harry Purser, William H. Park, JR.