Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Particle beam therapy system
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Application No.: US14132965Application Date: 2013-12-18
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Publication No.: US09776019B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Kazuyoshi Saito , Takuya Nomura , Hideaki Nishiuchi
- Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Priority: JP2012-283858 20121227
- Main IPC: H05H13/04
- IPC: H05H13/04 ; H05H7/10 ; A61N5/10 ; H05H7/00

Abstract:
A particle beam therapy system is disclosed which includes: a synchrotron accelerating a charged particle beam injected from a pre-accelerator up to a predetermined energy level before applying a high-frequency voltage to an extraction device to extract the charged particle beam caused to exceed a stability limit; a beam transportation system transporting the charged particle beam extracted from the synchrotron up to a treatment room, and an irradiation device irradiating a patient in the treatment room with the charged particle beam in conformity to the patient's tumor shape. The synchrotron has functionality to accelerate or decelerate the charged particle beam successively to extract the charged particle beam at a plurality of energy levels during an extraction phase of the synchrotron, the beam transportation system further having functionality to block off an unnecessary charged particle beam extracted from the synchrotron during acceleration or deceleration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140187844A1 PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2014-07-03
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