Optical pumping modules, polarized gas blending and dispensing systems, and automated polarized gas distribution systems and related devices and methods
CA 2463910 A1 · Owner: Bolam, Kenneth · Inventors: Bolam, Kenneth
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Hyperpolarizers for producing polarized noble gases can include: (a) a control module (15) configured to direct the operation of a hyperpolarizer to produce polarized noble gas via spin-exchange interactions between a noble gas and an alkali metal; (b) at least one optical pumping module (30) including an optical pumping cell operably associated with the control module; (c) a dispensing system (140) operably associated with the control module and the optical pumping module to dispense meted volumes of polarized gas from the hyperpolarizer; and (d) a fluid distribution system operably associated with the control module, the optical pumping module and the dispensing system, such that, …
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- Filed October 22, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 22, 2022.
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