US 12,083,360 B2
Fin for collimating therapeutic radiation
Olivia Noack, Bayreuth (DE); Sebastian Graebner, Speichersdorf (DE); Georg Walberer, Kastl (DE); and Michael Langguth, Wipfratal (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,181.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 209 248.9 (DE), filed on Aug. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0069701 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1045 (2013.01) [A61N 2005/1092 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fin for collimating therapeutic radiation
comprising:
a collimation area including a first material;
a holding area including a second material; and
a compensating layer between the first material and the second material, the compensating layer including a compensating material configured to compensate for a difference in coefficients of thermal expansion of the first material and the second material, respectively,
wherein the collimation area and the holding area are soldered together,
the first material is configured to collimate therapeutic radiation, and
the holding area is couplable to an adjustment device for adjusting the fin.