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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2019
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Varian Medical Systems International Ag, Cham, CH;
Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy Gmbh, Troisdorf, DE;
Eric Abel, San Jose, CA (US);
Corey Zankowski, San Jose, CA (US);
Jessica Perez, Geneva, CH;
Anthony Magliari, Newark, IL (US);
Christel Smith, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Michael Folkerts, Carrollton, TX (US);
Bill Hansen, Lakeville, MN (US);
Reynald Vanderstraeten, Uccle, BE;
Timo Koponen, Espoo, FI;
Varian Medical Systems International AG, Cham, CH;
Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy GmbH & Co. KG, Troisdorf, DE;
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for treating a patient during radiation therapy is disclosed. The system includes a shell, a plurality of material inserts disposed in the shell, where each material insert of the plurality of material inserts respectively shapes a distribution of a dose delivered to the patient by a respective beam of a plurality of beams emitted from a nozzle of a radiation treatment system, and a scaffold component disposed in the shell that holds the plurality material inserts in place relative to the patient such that each material insert lies on a path of at least one of the beams.