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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2019
Jillian Reno, Beverly, MA (US);
Armin Huseinovic, Winchester, MA (US);
Mark R. Amato, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Daniel J. Raymond, Windham, NH (US);
W. Davis Lee, Newburyport, MA (US);
Lou Wainwright, Lynnfield, MA (US);
James P. Bennett, Birmingham, AL (US);
Jillian Reno, Beverly, MA (US);
Armin Huseinovic, Winchester, MA (US);
Mark R. Amato, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Daniel J. Raymond, Windham, NH (US);
W. Davis Lee, Newburyport, MA (US);
Lou Wainwright, Lynnfield, MA (US);
James P. Bennett, Birmingham, AL (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention comprises a segmented rolling floor apparatus and method of use thereof, such as for use in a charged particle cancer therapy system. The segmented rolling floor comprises a first spool and a second spool, attached to opposite ends of the rolling floor, which cooperatively wind and unwind the rolling floor. The segmented rolling floor circumferentially surrounds a nozzle system penetrating through an aperture in the segmented rolling floor, where the nozzle system is used to deliver charged particles, from an accelerator, to a tumor of a patient. The rolling floor and nozzle systems move at respective rates maintaining the nozzle system in the aperture allowing for a safe/walkable floor while allowing treatment of the tumor as a gantry rotates the nozzle system and delivers protons to the tumor from positions above and below the floor.