Patent ID: 9324535
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A61L,G21K,H01J

Claim Text:
1. A self-contained irradiator comprising: a radiation-shielded enclosure; at least one flat panel X-ray source within said radiation-shielded enclosure, said at least one flat panel X-ray source operable to emit an X-ray flux across an area substantially equal to a proximate facing surface area of material placed inside said enclosure to be irradiated, each of said at least one flat panel X-ray sources comprising: wherein said cathode array is operable to emit multiple electron beams toward said X-ray target to generate the X-ray flux, a portion of the X-ray flux thereby emitted in a direction of said cathode array, passing by or through said cathodes in said array and out the exit window.