Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radiotherapy and imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US12704966Application Date: 2010-02-12
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Publication No.: US09694205B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: John Allen , Duncan Neil Bourne , Kevin John Brown
- Applicant: John Allen , Duncan Neil Bourne , Kevin John Brown
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: ELEKTA AB (PUBL)
- Current Assignee: ELEKTA AB (PUBL)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.
- Agent Z. Peter Sawicki; Amanda M. Prose
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05 ; A61N5/10

Abstract:
Radiotherapy apparatus comprises a source of radiation mounted on a chassis, that is rotatable about a rotation axis and the source being adapted to emit a beam of radiation along a beam axis; a patient support, moveable along a translation axis; a set of magnetic coils located on either side of the beam, for establishing a magnetic field along a first direction; the translation axis, the rotation axis, and the first direction being substantially parallel; and further comprising a multi-leaf collimator fixed in its orientation with respect to the source of radiation, the multi-leaf collimator comprising a plurality of elongate leaves disposed with their longitudinal directions substantially aligned with the first direction and movable in that direction between a withdrawn position in which the leaf lies outside the beam, an extended position in which the leaf projects across the beam.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110201919A1 Radiotherapy and imaging apparatus Public/Granted day:2011-08-18
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