Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Neutron capture therapy system comprising a beam shaping assembly configured to shape a neutron beam
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Application No.: US16798644Application Date: 2020-02-24
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Publication No.: US11458336B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Chiung-Wen Tsai , Weilin Chen , Ming-Chen Hsiao , Yuanhao Liu
- Applicant: NEUBORON MEDTECH LTD.
- Applicant Address: CN Jiangsu
- Assignee: NEUBORON MEDTECH LTD.
- Current Assignee: NEUBORON MEDTECH LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Jiangsu
- Agency: Locke Lord LLP
- Agent Tim Tingkang Xia, Esq.
- Priority: CN201710733144.1 20170824,CN201721063911.4 20170824
- Main IPC: A61N5/10
- IPC: A61N5/10 ; G21G4/02 ; G21K1/02 ; G21G4/00

Abstract:
A neutron capture therapy system includes an accelerator for generating a charged particle beam, a neutron generator for generating a neutron beam having neutrons after irradiation by the charged particle beam, and a beam shaping assembly for shaping the neutron beam. The beam shaping assembly includes a moderator and a reflecting assembly surrounding the moderator. The neutron generator generates the neutrons after irradiation by the charged particle beam. The moderator moderates the neutrons generated by the neutron generator to a preset energy spectrum. The reflecting assembly includes a plurality of reflectors configured to guide deflected neutrons back to the neutron beam and a supporting member to support the plurality of reflectors. A lead-antimony alloy is for the reflecting assembly to mitigate a creep effect that occurs when only a lead material is for the plurality of reflectors, thereby improving the structural strength of a beam shaping assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200206538A1 NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-07-02
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