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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2022
Applicant:

Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy Gmbh & Co. KG, Troisdorf, DE;

Inventors:

Holger Goebel, Numbrecht, DE;

Isabel Huth, Kuerten, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1031 (2013.01); A61N 5/103 (2013.01); A61N 5/1037 (2013.01); A61N 5/1039 (2013.01); A61N 5/1043 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 5/1067 (2013.01); A61N 5/107 (2013.01); A61N 5/1071 (2013.01); A61N 5/1077 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving treatment information relating to a treatment plan for proton- or ion-beam therapy intended to irradiate a target tissue; receiving machine-limitation information relating to one or more limitations of one or more machines involved in the proton- or ion-beam therapy; determining a time-optimized beam current for a proton or ion beam based on the treatment information and the machine-limitation information, wherein the time-optimized beam current minimizes the time required to deliver a required quantity of monitor units to one of a plurality of spots, wherein each of the plurality of spots is a particular area of the target tissue; and delivering the time-optimized beam current to the particular area.


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