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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Reflexion Medical, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Larkin, Menlo Park, CA (US);
William Knapp, El Granada, CA (US);
Layton Hale, Castro Valley, CA (US);
David Meer, Novelty, OH (US);
Assignee:
RefleXion Medical, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1045 (2013.01); G21K 1/046 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1074 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are multi-leaf collimators that comprise leaf drive mechanisms. The leaf drive mechanisms can be used in binary multi-leaf collimators used in emission-guided radiation therapy. One variation of a multi-leaf collimator comprises a pneumatics-based leaf drive mechanism. Another variation of a multi-leaf collimator comprises a spring-based leaf drive mechanism having a spring resonator.