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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2006
Applicants:

Gustavo H. Olivera, Madison, WI (US);

Thomas R. Mackie, Verona, WI (US);

Kenneth J. Ruchala, Madison, WI (US);

Paul J. Reckwerdt, Madison, WI (US);

John H. Hughes, Madison, WI (US);

Jeffrey M. Kapatoes, Madison, WI (US);

Eric Schnarr, McFarland, WI (US);

Weiguo LU, Madison, WI (US);

Eric Schloesser, Mount Horeb, WI (US);

Gerald D. Fordyce, Ii, Madison, WI (US);

Tim Holzmann, Verona, WI (US);

Inventors:

Gustavo H. Olivera, Madison, WI (US);

Thomas R. Mackie, Verona, WI (US);

Kenneth J. Ruchala, Madison, WI (US);

Paul J. Reckwerdt, Madison, WI (US);

John H. Hughes, Madison, WI (US);

Jeffrey M. Kapatoes, Madison, WI (US);

Eric Schnarr, McFarland, WI (US);

Weiguo Lu, Madison, WI (US);

Eric Schloesser, Mount Horeb, WI (US);

Gerald D. Fordyce, II, Madison, WI (US);

Tim Holzmann, Verona, WI (US);

Assignee:

TOMOTHERAPY INCORPORATED, Madison, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1042 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 5/1069 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method of delivering a radiation therapy treatment plan to a patient. The treatment plan is delivered using a radiation therapy system including a moveable support for supporting a patient, a gantry moveable relative to the support and supporting a radiation source and multi-leaf collimator for modulating the radiation source. The support and gantry are moved during delivery of the treatment plan.


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