Neutron source for neutron capture therapy

US10870020B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Adelphi Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Melvin Arthur Piestrup · Redwood City, US
• Craig Mathew Brown · Santa Clara, US
• Allan Xi Chen · Daly City, US
• Charles Kevin Gary · Palo Alto, US
• Yao Zong Guan · San Francisco, US
• Yoshio Horii · Fukushima, JP
• Glenn Emerson Jones, Jr. · Pittsburg, US
• Yuji Kokubo · Fukushima, JP
• Naoyuki Yamada · Hitachinaka, JP
• Shotaro Komura · Fukushima, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 18, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 22, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N2005/1095
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A Boron neutron cancer treatment system has a secondary moderator having a central treatment chamber for a subject, and eight substantially identical neutron generators, each comprising a pre-moderator block. The eight neutron generators are positioned around the secondary moderator with the axis of each acceleration chamber passing through the center of the treatment chamber, and with the angled sides of the neutron generators fully adjacent.