Cyclotron
AssigneeNanoMarker
InventorEMILE CONARD
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Abstract
Cyclotron for producing radionuclides for medical applications, the cyclotron comprising an electromagnet, a resonator and a charged particle inlet into the cyclotron and an accelerated charged particle outlet outside the cyclotron, configured to accelerate charged particles to maximum energy below 25 MeV on a smaller scale.
Claims15
1-15. (canceled)
A cyclotron for the production of radionuclides for medical applications, wherein the cyclotron is configured to produce charged particles at a maximum energy of at least 6 Mev and less than 25 MeV, the cyclotron comprising:
- an electromagnet configured to provide a magnetic field, the electromagnet comprising a yoke, two poles and at least one coil;
- a high-frequency resonator configured to accelerate a speed of the charged particles;
- and in which:
- each pole is a pole comprising at least 80% wt of an alloy of iron and cobalt;
- and
- the yoke comprises an iron and cobalt alloy;
- and in which
- the iron and cobalt alloy of the yoke and the iron and cobalt alloy of each pole comprises cobalt in the range of 14 to 55% by weight, the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities;
- wherein the yoke of the electromagnet comprises a first yoke portion and a second yoke portion, the first and second yoke portions being configured to be assembled together in a closed configuration;
- and wherein
- the coil is a coil substantially free of superconducting material;
- and
- the diameter of one or each pole is ≤0.75 m;
- and
- the mass of the cyclotron without a radiological shielding shield is less than 3 tonnes.
A cyclotron for the production of radionuclides for medical applications, the cyclotron comprising:
- an electromagnet configured to provide a magnetic field, the electromagnet comprising a yoke, two poles and at least one coil;
- a resonator configured to accelerate the speed of a charged particle;
- and in which each pole is selected from
- i) a pole comprising at least 80% by weight of a material having a magnetic saturation of at least 1.95 T;
- and
- ii) a pole comprising at least 80% wt of an alloy of iron and cobalt, the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities;
- and wherein the coil is selected from:
- a coil substantially free of superconducting material;
- and
- a coil comprising a high temperature superconducting material having superconducting properties at a temperature above 77K.
The cyclotron of claim 17, wherein the yoke of the electromagnet comprises a first yoke portion and a second yoke portion, the first and second yoke portions being configured to be assembled together in a closed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.