US 12,268,899 B2
Radiation therapy system
Kevin Paul, Lisbon (PT)
Assigned to Muir IP Ltd, Cork (IE)
Appl. No. 17/604,486
Filed by Muir IP Ltd, Cork (IE)
PCT Filed Jan. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/000031
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/211971, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1905568 (GB), filed on Apr. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233885 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1081 (2013.01) [A61N 2005/1094 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radiation therapy system comprising:
a treatment pod comprising a hollow body structure that defines an internal treatment room, the pod having first and second ends either one or both of which includes a doorway that provides access to the treatment room;
a beam delivery system comprising a particle accelerator for generating a radiation beam; and
a radiation shielding structure at least partly surrounding the treatment pod and the beam delivery system, the radiation shielding structure comprising at least one doorway aligned with a respective doorway of the treatment pod, said at least one doorway of the radiation shielding structure having at least one door formed at least partly from radiation shielding material;
wherein said beam delivery system is carried by said treatment pod and is configured to deliver said radiation beam to said treatment room;
wherein said beam delivery system is movable with respect to the treatment pod in order to adjust the position of said radiation beam with respect to said treatment room; and
wherein the system further includes a plurality of waiting rooms, said treatment pod being aligned with, or movable together with the beam delivery system and at least said at least one door of the radiation shielding structure into alignment with, each of said waiting rooms to allow access to the treatment room from each waiting room via said first or second end.