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Triggered treatment systems and methods

US10183179B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignees

VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. · US
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AG · CH

Inventors

Christel Smith · Midland School, US
Corey Zankowski · San Jose, US
Jan Timmer · Cologne, DE
Wolfgang Kaissl · Wil, CH
Deepak Khuntia · Los Altos, US
Eric Abel · San Jose, US
Josh Star-Lack · Palo Alto, US
Camille Noel · Chesterfield, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 2017
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 21, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2005/1094
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In various embodiments, a radiation therapy method can include loading a planning image of a target in a human. In addition, the position of the target can be monitored. A computation can be made of an occurrence of substantial alignment between the position of the target and the target of the planning image. Furthermore, after the computing, a beam of radiation is triggered to deliver a dosage to the target in a short period of time (e.g., less than a second).

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