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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2008
Applicants:

Thomas R. Mackie, Verona, WI (US);

Michael William Kissick, Madison, WI (US);

Ryan Thomas Flynn, Iowa City, IA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas R. Mackie, Verona, WI (US);

Michael William Kissick, Madison, WI (US);

Ryan Thomas Flynn, Iowa City, IA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61N 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A radiation therapy system for heavy ions employs a rocking motion of a fan beam used to treat the patient, the fan beam having individually modulated beamlets, the rocking limited in angular extent to provide improved conformance of the dose to a tumor while shielding distal tissue from radiation.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Mackie, Thomas. (2012). Ion radiation therapy system with rocking gantry motion (U.S. Patent No. 8093568). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8093568

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