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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Hil Applied Medical, Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
Evgeny Papeer, Jerusalem, IL;
Assaf Shaham, Haifa, IL;
Shmuel Eisenmann, Seattle, WA (US);
Yair Ferber, Jerusalem, IL;
Ynon Hefets, Jerusalem, IL;
Omer Shavit, Jerusalem, IL;
Boaz Weinfeld, Jerusalem, IL;
Sagi Brink-Danan, Jerusalem, IL;
HIL APPLIED MEDICAL, LTD., Jerusalem, IL;
Abstract
Systems for generating a proton beam include an electromagnetic radiation beam (e.g., a laser) that is directed onto an ion-generating target by optics to form the proton beam. A detector is configured to measure a laser-target interaction property, which a processor uses to produce a feedback signal that can be used to alter the proton beam by adjusting the source of the electromagnetic radiation beam, the optics, or a relative position or orientation of the electromagnetic radiation beam to the ion-generating target. By adjusting the laser-target interaction, the feedback can be used to control properties of the proton beam, such as the proton beam energy or flux. Such systems have certain advantages, including reducing the size, complexity, and cost of machines used to generate proton beams, while also improving their speed, precision, and configurability.