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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Inventors:
Dong-Ho Shin, Daejeon, KR;
Sang Kyun Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Seunghwan Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Moon Youn Jung, Daejeon, KR;
Assignee:
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1031 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61N 5/1039 (2013.01); A61N 5/1067 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0204 (2013.01); A61N 2005/109 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a treatment apparatus using proton and ultrasound and a method for treating cancer using the same. The treatment apparatus includes a proton generator configured to emit a proton beam to a tumor of a human body, an ultrasound generator configured to emit an ultrasonic beam to the tumor in a direction crossing an emission path of the proton beam, and a sensor configured to measure an acoustic signal generated during the emission of the proton beam.