Zecotek Photonics Inc., a developer of leading-edge photonics
technologies for industrial, healthcare and scientific markets, has
announced that its wholly owned division, Zecotek Imaging Systems Pte.
Ltd., has been granted its first patent in a series of pending patents
for its advanced formulation of its patented LFS scintillation crystals.
The patent is for multi-doped lutetium oxide based scintillators having
improved photonic properties.
“This patent protects our latest version of LFS scintillation crystals which are the fastest, brightest and most advanced scintillation crystals available to any OEM worldwide: the LFS-M,” said Dr. A.F. Zerrouk, chairman, president, and CEO of Zecotek Photonics Inc. “Most crystals for high resolution positron emission tomography (PET) imaging are based on stoichiometric formulations of lutetium oxide with silicate. While we also use lutetium oxide with silicate, our team of Russian scientists use an off-stoichiometric process which produces superior scintillators. No other company can produce crystal like ours, and no other crystal can compete with the LFS-M’s speed and brightness. We have filed similar patent applications in important jurisdictions around the world to re-enforce and strengthen the existing patent for our line of LFS scintillation crystals.”
The new patent protects Zecotek’s latest and most advanced formulations of “off-stoichiometric” multi-doped lutetium oxide based scintillation silicate crystals (LFS-M). Stoichiometric formulations are known to have matching number of reactants which produce full conversion of reactive groups into highly definable cross-linked products. However, intentional deviation from stoichiometric formulations, off-stoichiometric, enable the creation of products containing predictable amounts of other residual reactive groups which in turn enables the tuning of mechanical properties. By going off-stoichiometric, Zecotek’s scientific team has produced the fastest, brightest and most advanced LFS formulation available today.
“This patent protects our latest version of LFS scintillation crystals which are the fastest, brightest and most advanced scintillation crystals available to any OEM worldwide: the LFS-M,” said Dr. A.F. Zerrouk, chairman, president, and CEO of Zecotek Photonics Inc. “Most crystals for high resolution positron emission tomography (PET) imaging are based on stoichiometric formulations of lutetium oxide with silicate. While we also use lutetium oxide with silicate, our team of Russian scientists use an off-stoichiometric process which produces superior scintillators. No other company can produce crystal like ours, and no other crystal can compete with the LFS-M’s speed and brightness. We have filed similar patent applications in important jurisdictions around the world to re-enforce and strengthen the existing patent for our line of LFS scintillation crystals.”
The new patent protects Zecotek’s latest and most advanced formulations of “off-stoichiometric” multi-doped lutetium oxide based scintillation silicate crystals (LFS-M). Stoichiometric formulations are known to have matching number of reactants which produce full conversion of reactive groups into highly definable cross-linked products. However, intentional deviation from stoichiometric formulations, off-stoichiometric, enable the creation of products containing predictable amounts of other residual reactive groups which in turn enables the tuning of mechanical properties. By going off-stoichiometric, Zecotek’s scientific team has produced the fastest, brightest and most advanced LFS formulation available today.
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