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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Yves Jongen, Louvain-la-Neuve, BE;
Inventor:
Yves Jongen, Louvain-la-Neuve, BE;
Assignee:
ION BEAM APLICATIONS, S.A., Louvain-la-Neuve, BE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/26 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G21K 1/093 (2006.01); G21K 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2013.01); A61N 5/1081 (2013.01); G21K 1/093 (2013.01); G21K 5/04 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a particle therapy apparatus used for radiation therapy. More particularly, this invention relates to a gantry for delivering particle beams which comprises means to analyse the incoming beam. Means are integrated into the gantry to limit the momentum spread of the beam and/or the emittance of the beam.