Ion beam therapy system and a method for operating the system

US6683318B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Haberer · Darmstadt, DE
• Michael Kraemer · Winchester, US
• Gerhard Kraft · Darmstadt, DE
• Wilma Kraft-Weyrather · Darmstadt, DE
• Dieter Schardt · Darmstadt, DE
• Michael Scholz · Thannhausen, DE
• Ulrich Weber · Ulm, DE
• Aleksiy Dolinski · Darmstadt, DE
• Hartmut Eickhoff · Darmstadt, DE
• Bernhard Franczak · Darmstadt, DE
• Udo Krause · Hamburg, DE
• Juergen Klabunde · Darmstadt, DE
• Ludwig Dahl · Darmstadt, DE
• Marius Pavlovic · Darmstadt, DE
• Ulrich Ratzinger · Weiterstadt, DE
• Bernhard Schlitt · Darmstadt, DE
• Joerg Pawelke · Großerkmannsdorf, DE
• Rainer Hinz · Dresden, DE
• Wolfgang Enghardt · Radeberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 10, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 27, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 10, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N2005/1087
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An ion beam therapy system and method for operating the system includes a source of ions (300), an accelerator system (400) and an ion beam transport system (60) for directing an ion beam to a plurality of treatment stations (100) to treat patients. The ion beam transport system (60) includes a gantry (8) carrying a vertical deflection system (45) and horizontal deflection system (55) positioned upstream from a last bending magnet (65) so as to provide a parallel scanning mode by an edge focusing effect.