Ion beam filter for a neutron generator

US11589452B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Neutron Therapeutics LLC · US

Inventors

• Geoffrey Ryding · Attleboro, US
• Takao Sakase · Rowley, US
• William H. Park · Marblehead, US
• Theodore H. Smick · Essex, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E30/10
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosures relates to an ion beam assembly where a relatively small deflection angle (approximately 15° from the center of the beam line) is used in conjunction with two beam dumps located on either side of the beam. In some embodiments, the combination of the two beam dumps and the magnet assembly can provide an ion beam filter. In some embodiments, the resulting system provides a smaller, safer and more reliable ion beam. In some embodiments, the ion beam can be a proton beam.