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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2010
John M. Cameron, Bloomington, IN (US);
Vladimir Anferov, Bloomington, IN (US);
Timothy A. Antaya, Hampton Falls, NH (US);
John M. Cameron, Bloomington, IN (US);
Vladimir Anferov, Bloomington, IN (US);
Timothy A. Antaya, Hampton Falls, NH (US);
ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A gantry for administering proton beam therapy with improvements which reduce the size, weight, costs and radiation beam loss associated with proton beam therapy systems currently commercially available. The gantry utilizes achromatic superconducting multi-function electromagnet systems wherein the magnets can include dipoles and quadrupoles. The achromatic properties of the rampable magnet systems allow for ease of transmission of the beam whose energy is rapidly changed through a large range of different energies without changing of the strength of the magnetic fields or dipole settings. The magnets may be made with either low or high temperature superconductors. The gantry design further integrates beam scanning but keeps the gantry isocentric. A much greater fraction of the beam can be transmitted through the gantry than with current art, thereby reducing radiation shielding requirements and the demand put on the accelerator to produce large quantities of proton beam.