US 11,938,232 B2
X-ray irradiator for single blood bags
Seung Woo Park, Seoul (KR); Mun Sik Choi, Uijeongbu-si (KR); Su Chul Han, Seoul (KR); and Jong Hyun Back, Changwon-si (KR)
Assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL & MEDICAL SCIENCES, Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/414,295
Filed by KOREA INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL & MEDICAL SCIENCES, Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/017883
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/130574, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0165396 (KR), filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0062451 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/08 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/0041 (2013.01) [A61M 1/0286 (2014.02); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/22 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An X-ray irradiator for single blood bags, comprising:
a main body of an X-ray irradiation unit provided with a chamber configured to safely hold a single blood bag therein and an X-ray tube configured to irradiate the chamber with X-rays;
a loading part configured to load the blood bag; and
a transfer part configured to transfer the blood bag between the loading part and the chamber to which X-rays are to be emitted,
wherein the loading part further comprises a hand unit configured to pick up a tray loaded in a tray slot and move the picked up tray to a first position, and
wherein the hand unit comprises a sensor unit configured to determine a relative position of the blood bag on the tray when the tray is picked up.