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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Elekta Limited, Crawley, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ELEKTA LIMITED, Crawley, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0036 (2018.08); A61B 5/0555 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61N 5/10 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1055 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a combined radiotherapy and MRI system in which an imaging coil is mounted on a mechanical arm. The position of the imaging coil is thus known and in embodiments can be controlled to prevent collisions with the patient and unfavourable interactions between the imaging coil and the radiation beam.