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Non-achromatic compact gantry

US10864384B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS PARTICLE THERAPY GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Anthony Michael Huggins · Langenfeld, DE
Michael Schillo · Bonn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 29, 2019
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05H2007/002
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a compact gantry designed to provide particle therapy using a particle beam. A gantry for providing the particle therapy comprises a first dipole magnet operable to bend a particle beam received from a cyclotron by a first degree amount. The gantry further comprises a plurality of quadrupole magnets configured to condition the beam asymmetrically to produce an asymmetric beam, wherein a configuration of the quadrupole magnets is determined using a dispersion function of a second dipole magnet. Further, the second dipole magnet is operable to receive the asymmetric beam and bend the asymmetric beam by a second degree amount, and wherein the second dipole magnet disperses the asymmetric beam to produce a symmetric beam shape at a treatment iscoenter or at any other reference point.

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