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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
Applicant:
Marcus Gutfleisch, Erlangen, DE;
Inventor:
Marcus Gutfleisch, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 (2006.01); G21G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A radiotherapy device having a gantry rotatably mounted to the radiotherapy device with a bearing and a counterweight attached to the gantry. The counterweight has a spatial position relative to the gantry. The spatial position of the counterweight is movable. The device is configured to generate a compensating torque on the bearing, the compensating torque based on a movement of the spatial position of the counterweight, to balance the gantry.