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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2010
Applicants:
Stanley Mansfield, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven W. Prince, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stanley Mansfield, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven W. Prince, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 5/04 (2006.01); G21K 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/046 (2013.01); A61N 5/1045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A collimation assembly includes a multileaf collimator and motion assembly. The multileaf collimator includes a support body and a plurality of pairs of beam blocking leaves supported by the support body. The beam blocking leaves are longitudinally movable in a first direction. The motion assembly includes an actuator and a guide assembly operable to move the support body and thereby allowing the plurality of pairs of beam blocking leaves to move in a second direction generally transverse to the first direction.