US 12,337,194 B2
Movable/replaceable high intensity target and multiple accelerator systems and methods
Flavio Poehlmann-Martins, Fremont, CA (US); William Thompson Main, Mariposa, CA (US); and Amir Shojaei, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/404,907.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063755 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01); H05H 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/103 (2013.01) [A61N 5/1079 (2013.01); A61N 5/1081 (2013.01); A61N 5/1083 (2013.01); A61N 5/1084 (2013.01); H05H 7/02 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01); H05H 2007/027 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radiation system comprising:
a patient station, wherein the patient station includes a plurality of accelerator systems, wherein the plurality of accelerator systems is configured to provide simultaneous multiple radiation beams from the plurality of accelerator systems; and
a microwave generation system configured to generate microwaves for the plurality of accelerator systems, the microwave generation system including a plurality of radio frequency (RF) chains, each RF chain of the plurality of RF chains including an RF source of a plurality of RF sources, each RF source of the plurality of RF sources being configured to generate microwave signals and each accelerator system of the plurality of accelerator systems being operated independently by a respective RF chain of the plurality of RF chains.