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US 2024/0284579 A1Published application
Non-radioisotope x-ray device
AssigneeXelera Research LLC
InventorsBruce Dunham, John Scott Price
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Abstract
An x-ray device may include a target that emits x-rays when subjected to electrons, an electron source configured to emit electrons toward the target, an elongated annular first shell connected to and supporting the electron source, and an elongated annular second shell connected to and supporting the target. The first shell and the second shell may be arranged one radially inside the other.
Claims20
An x-ray device, comprising:
- a target that emits x-rays when subjected to electrons;
- an electron source configured to emit the electrons toward the target when a voltage is applied between the target and the electron source;
- an elongated annular first shell connected to and supporting the electron source;
- and
- an elongated annular second shell connected to and supporting the target;
- wherein the first shell and the second shell are arranged one radially inside the other.
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An x-ray device, comprising:
- an elongated annular first shell;
- an elongated annular second shell, the first shell and the second shell arranged one radially inside the other;
- an annular vacuum space defined by and radially between the first shell and the second shell;
- a target that emits x-rays when subjected to electrons, the target disposed in the vacuum space and connected to the second shell;
- an electron source configured to emit electrons toward the target, the electron source disposed in the vacuum space and connected to the first shell;
- a cooling jacket arranged on and connected to the second shell, the second shell disposed radially between and separating the target and the cooling jacket;
- an annular fluid chamber through which a coolant is flowable, the fluid chamber at least partially defined by and radially between the cooling jacket and the second shell;
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- an internal cavity circumferentially surrounded by the first shell, the second shell, the electron source, the target, and the cooling jacket.
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An x-ray device, comprising:
- a target that emits x-rays when subjected to electrons;
- an electron source configured to emit electrons toward the target;
- an elongated annular first shell connected to and supporting the electron source;
- and
- an elongated annular second shell connected to and supporting the target;
- wherein the first shell and the second shell are arranged one radially inside the other;
- and
- wherein one of:
- (i) the electron source is disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the first shell and the target is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the second shell;
- and
- (ii) the electron source is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the first shell and the target is disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the second shell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.