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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Stewart John Becker, New York, NY (US);
Thomas Rockwell Mackie, Verona, WI (US);
Inventors:
Stewart John Becker, New York, NY (US);
Thomas Rockwell Mackie, Verona, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a support for a patient undergoing radiation therapy that preserves radiation build-up, such as normally spares the skin from receiving high amounts of radiation dose. The support includes at least one gas-filled bladder that displaces some tissue from the path of the radiation and/or spaces the tissue being treated from foam or the like.