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Multiple treatment beam type cancer therapy apparatus and method of use thereof

US10751554B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 2018
Grant dateAug 25, 2020
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG21K1/087
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for using a turning magnet of an accelerator of a cancer therapy system, the accelerator comprising first magnet coils and second correction coils wound about a magnet core where: (1) at a first time, the second correction coils are used to correct a magnetic field, resultant from the first magnet coils, used to turn cations and (2) at a second time, after reversing polarity of the correction coils, the correction coils are used to turn anions and/or electrons, the cations and electrons used to treat a tumor of a patient positioned in a treatment position relative to a treatment beam from the accelerator during the first and second time periods.

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