US 12,472,381 B2
Fin for collimating therapeutic radiation
Olivia Noack, Bayreuth (DE); Sebastian Graebner, Speichersdorf (DE); Georg Walberer, Kastl (DE); and Fabian Krieg, Pullenreuth (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,209.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 209 254.3 (DE), filed on Aug. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063659 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01); B23C 3/00 (2006.01); B23H 9/00 (2006.01); G21K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1045 (2013.01) [B23C 3/00 (2013.01); B23H 9/00 (2013.01); G21K 1/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fin for collimating therapeutic radiation comprising:
a collimation area including a first material, the collimation area having a first external edge, a second external edge facing the first external edge, a third external edge connected to the first external edge and the second external edge, and a fourth external edge, a second external edge facing the first external edge, a third external edge and connected to the first external edge and the second external edge; and
a holding area including a second material,
wherein the collimation area and the holding area are hot isostatically pressed together,
wherein the collimation area is joined to the holding area only along the first external edge,
wherein the first material is configured to collimate therapeutic radiation, and
wherein the holding area is configured to adjust the fin.