Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Collimation apparatus for radiotherapy
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Application No.: US15309611Application Date: 2015-05-13
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Publication No.: US10583311B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Per Harald Bergfjord
- Applicant: Elekta AB (Publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: ELEKTA AB (PUBL)
- Current Assignee: ELEKTA AB (PUBL)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
- Priority: GB1408470.1 20140513; GB1501165.3 20150123
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/060646 WO 20150513
- International Announcement: WO2015/173327 WO 20151119
- Main IPC: A61N5/10
- IPC: A61N5/10 ; G21K1/04 ; G21K1/02

Abstract:
Embodiments disclose a radiotherapy apparatus comprising a source of radiation configured to emit a beam of radiation and a collimator structure configured to limit a lateral extent of the beam, the collimator structure including a primary collimator configured to shape the beam, a first collimator comprising a plurality of adjacent elongate leaves, the leaves being extendable into the beam in a first direction transverse to the beam, and a block collimator including an aperture configured to permit the beam to pass through, the block collimator being extendable into the beam in a second direction transverse to the beam and transverse to the first direction. In some embodiments, the aperture may be cone-shaped or a through-hole, which may be empty or filled with a radiotransparent material. In some embodiments, the block collimator may include a plurality of apertures, which may be of varying dimensions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170143995A1 COLLIMATION APPARATUS FOR RADIOTHERAPY Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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