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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francisco M Hernandez-Guerra, Concord, CA (US);
Edward Lewis Calderon, Pittsburg, CA (US);
Simon John Forknall, Concord, CA (US);
David L Pond, Novato, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Iselin, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 65 ; 378207 ;
Abstract
A system and method for radiation therapy delivery. A radiation therapy device according to the present invention is configured to monitor for instantaneous dose rate and accumulated dose even during conditions when the high voltage modulator is decoupled. If either the dose rate or the accumulated dose exceed a predetermined threshold, an interlock will be asserted to shut down the radiation treatment device.