Compact linear accelerator with accelerating waveguide

US10880985B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Radiabeam Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ronald Agustsson · Santa Monica, US
• Robert Berry · Los Angeles, US
• Salime Boucher · Santa Monica, US
• Josiah Hartzell · Santa Monica, US
• Sergey Kutsaev · Santa Monica, US
• Jacob McNevin · Los Angeles, US
• Avinash Verma · Twin Lakes, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 5, 2019
• Grant date: Dec 29, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 5, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G21K1/02
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A linear accelerator head for use in a medical radiation therapy system can include a housing, an electron generator configured to emit electrons along a beam path, and a microwave generation assembly. The linear accelerator head may include a waveguide that is configured to contain a standing or travelling microwave. The waveguide can include a plurality of cells that are disposed adjacent one another, wherein each of the plurality of cells may define an aperture configured to receive electrons therethrough. The linear accelerator head can further include a converter and a primary collimator.