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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Adelphi Technology, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Harris Pantell, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Charles Kevin Gary, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Melvin Arthur Piestrup, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Adelphi Technology, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G21K 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1077 (2013.01); A61N 5/10 (2013.01); A61N 2005/109 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1094 (2013.01);
Abstract
A therapy apparatus for producing thermal neutrons at a tumor site in a patient has a plurality of fast neutron sources surrounding a moderator, a fast neutron reflecting media around the fast neutron sources, a gamma-ray and neutron shielding media surrounding the fast neutron reflecting media, and a patient chamber positioned inside the moderator. The fast neutron sources are positioned around the moderator to maximize and direct the neutron flux to said tumor site.