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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:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michelle Marie Svatos, Oakland, CA (US);
William F. Collins, Clayton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, Melvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/04 ;
Abstract
A removable electron collimator for use in collimating an electron beam in a radiation therapy device is provided, where the collimator includes drive electronics, removably mounted on an exterior of an accessory tray of the radiation therapy device. The electron collimator also includes a plurality of leaves positionable by the drive electronics to move across a path of the electron beam, the plurality of leaves removably mounted on the accessory tray of the radiation therapy device.