US 12,145,006 B2
Particle beam gun control systems and methods
Mark Everett Trail, Menlo Park, CA (US); and James Edward Clayton, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/970,410.
Application 17/970,410 is a division of application No. 16/920,019, filed on Jul. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,478,664.
Application 16/920,019 is a division of application No. 15/657,036, filed on Jul. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,843,011, issued on Nov. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040534 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01); H01J 3/10 (2006.01); H01J 35/06 (2006.01); H01J 35/14 (2006.01); H01J 37/07 (2006.01); H01J 37/073 (2006.01); H01J 37/075 (2006.01); H05H 9/00 (2006.01); H01J 3/02 (2006.01); H01J 37/147 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1077 (2013.01) [A61N 5/10 (2013.01); H01J 35/065 (2013.01); H01J 35/14 (2013.01); H01J 37/073 (2013.01); H01J 37/075 (2013.01); H05H 9/00 (2013.01); A61N 5/1081 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1085 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1088 (2013.01); H01J 3/025 (2013.01); H01J 37/1472 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A radiation method comprising:
generating a particle beam;
controlling generation characteristics of the particle beam, including controlling pulsing or gating on and off of the particle beam in accordance with beam fidelity characteristics corresponding to a treatment plan, wherein the treatment plan includes a dose rate of at least 20 Gy/second; and
accelerating particles in the particle beam to expose target tissue to electrons of the particle beam.