Plant-Derived X-Ray Imaging Film
Official patent title
Bio-derived x-ray-sensitive film and a method of preparation thereof
Arabic title: غشاء حيوي المنشأ حساس للأشعة السينية وطريقة تحضيره
Invention
Invention
Problem
Conventional radiographic films often use petroleum-based supports, while an X-ray film must also resist heat, moisture, tearing, and dimensional change during handling and storage.
Why it matters
Film-based radiography remains in use in settings such as dental offices, creating a need to investigate alternative film materials that retain practical handling properties.
Approach
The film combines acid-hydrolyzed palm mesocarp, starch, cellulose, a synthetic polymer, plant hydrogels, cyanoacrylate adhesive, glycerin, and an X-ray-sensitive Jamun dye. The ingredients are blended, acid-treated, cured, and dried through a specified preparation sequence.
Who may benefit
Potential beneficiaries include dental and medical imaging-material developers, specialty-film manufacturers, sustainable materials researchers, and processors of palm-fruit biomass.
Potential value
The disclosed platform combines a palm-derived structural matrix and plant-derived dye with specified mechanical and water-resistance characteristics in an X-ray-film formulation.
Background
Background
Although digital imaging is widespread, conventional radiographic film remains in use in some medical and dental settings. Traditional films typically rely on petroleum-based support materials and must remain dimensionally stable during storage, processing, and handling. They also need adequate mechanical strength and resistance to heat and moisture. The publication proposes a bio-derived film matrix based on palm mesocarp, cellulose, starch, hydrogels, adhesive, glycerin, and a Jamun-derived X-ray-sensitive dye. The approach seeks a partly plant-derived alternative for that support system.
Technology overview
Technology overview
Palm mesocarp is blended with water, heated, and hydrolyzed with acid. The treated material is combined with starch, cellulose, a synthetic polymer, plant hydrogels, cyanoacrylate adhesive, glycerin, and Jamun dye prepared from Syzygium cumini. Heating cures the mixture and drying forms the film. The publication specifies composition ranges and reports mechanical, water-absorption, carbonate, and crack-test characteristics for the resulting film embodiments.
Potential applications
Potential applications
- Candidate support film for conventional dental radiography after image-quality and sensitivity validation.
- Candidate film material for medical radiographic workflows that continue to use physical media.
- Research platform for plant-derived dyes in radiation-sensitive film formulations.
- Specialty-film development using palm-fruit biomass and nanocellulose.
Evidence-supported advantages
Evidence-supported advantages
- The formulation incorporates palm mesocarp and a Jamun-derived dye into an X-ray-film material.
- The preparation route defines blending, acid treatment, curing, and drying steps.
- The publication reports tensile and water-absorption characteristics for the film.
- Nanocellulose, plant hydrogels, and glycerin provide a configurable material formulation.
- The disclosed process includes composition and temperature ranges for manufacturing evaluation.
Development stage
Development stage
The publication describes film fabrication and reported mechanical and standardized material tests; radiographic imaging performance and commercialization were not established.
Commercial opportunity
Commercial opportunity
The formulation could be evaluated with radiographic-film and specialty-material manufacturers. Before licensing for imaging use, development should establish X-ray sensitivity, image resolution, processing compatibility, shelf life, radiation response, safety, and scalable quality control. Comparison with conventional radiographic media would also be necessary.
Patent classifications
Patent classifications
WIPO IPC
- G03C1/73Photosensitive materials for photography; photographic processes, e.g. cine, X-ray, colour or stereophotography; auxiliary photographic processes
- G03C1/76Photosensitive materials for photography; photographic processes, e.g. cine, X-ray, colour or stereophotography; auxiliary photographic processes
CPC
- G03C1/76Photosensitive materials for photography; photographic processes, e.g. cine, X-ray, colour or stereophotography; auxiliary photographic processes
- G03C1/73Photosensitive materials for photography; photographic processes, e.g. cine, X-ray, colour or stereophotography; auxiliary photographic processes
- G03C1/731Photosensitive materials for photography; photographic processes, e.g. cine, X-ray, colour or stereophotography; auxiliary photographic processes
- G03C1/795Photosensitive materials for photography; photographic processes, e.g. cine, X-ray, colour or stereophotography; auxiliary photographic processes
Inventors
Inventors
- First inventorABM Sharif Hossain
- InventorMohammed Saad Aleissa
- InventorHassan Ahmed Rudayni
- InventorSalem Ali S. Alyami
- InventorMohammed Musa Zahrany
- InventorNasir A. Ibrahim
Keywords
Keywords
- X-ray film
- bio-derived film
- palm mesocarp
- Jamun dye
- cellulose
- plant hydrogel
- radiography
- nanocellulose
Patent document and drawings
Patent document and drawings
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