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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Mevion Medical Systems, Inc., Littleton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Mark R. Jones, Reading, MA (US);
James Cooley, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Mevion Medical Systems, Inc., Littleton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); H05H 13/02 (2006.01); G01D 5/26 (2006.01); G21K 1/04 (2006.01); H05H 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1047 (2013.01); A61N 5/1045 (2013.01); A61N 5/1081 (2013.01); G01D 5/26 (2013.01); G21K 1/046 (2013.01); H05H 7/04 (2013.01); H05H 13/02 (2013.01); A61N 2005/109 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example device for trimming a particle beam includes: structures made of material that blocks passage of the particle beam, with the structures being configurable to define an edge that is movable into a path of the particle beam; and linear motors that are controllable to configure the structures to define the edge.