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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven W. Prince, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stanley Mansfield, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stuart Scollay, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1047 (2013.01); A61N 5/1081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radiation apparatus includes a source operable to generate a radiation beam, a multileaf collimator operable to shape of the radiation beam, and a pivoting mechanism configured to pivot the multileaf collimator about the source. The radiation apparatus may further include a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the multileaf collimator about an axis passing through the source and the multileaf collimator.