US 12,070,627 B2
Modular multi-room proton therapy system
Manuel Benna, Bad Honnef (DE); Vladimir Anferov, Bloomington, IN (US); and Andrii Rusanov, Troisdorf (DE)
Assigned to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS PARTICLE THERAPY GMBH & CO. KG, Troisdorf (DE)
Filed by Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy GmbH & Co. KG, Troisdorf (DE)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/114,894.
Application 18/114,894 is a continuation of application No. 16/425,552, filed on May 29, 2019, granted, now 11,607,567, issued on Mar. 21, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0277876 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01); H05H 7/04 (2006.01); H05H 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1079 (2013.01) [A61N 5/1081 (2013.01); H05H 7/04 (2013.01); H05H 7/10 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1092 (2013.01); H05H 2007/048 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular multi-room treatment system comprising:
N number of bend sections coupled to a beam transfer line, wherein the beam transfer line and N number of bend sections are operable to direct a particle beam from an accelerator to N number of treatment rooms;
N number of degraders disposed between the N number of bend sections and the N number of treatment rooms, wherein the particle beam is focused on the N number of degraders to modulate an energy of the particle beam; and
N number of gantries disposed in the N number of treatment room and operable to receive the particle beam downstream from the N number of degraders, wherein the N number of gantries provide energy selection functionality for the N number of treatment rooms.