Patent
Gantry charged particle nozzle system—rolling floor interface apparatus and method of use thereof
| العنوان: | Gantry charged particle nozzle system—rolling floor interface apparatus and method of use thereof |
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| Patent Number: | 11185,717 |
| تاريخ النشر: | November 30, 2021 |
| Appl. No: | 16/434123 |
| Application Filed: | June 06, 2019 |
| مستخلص: | The invention comprises a segmented rolling floor apparatus and method of use thereof, such as for use in a charged particle cancer therapy system. The segmented rolling floor comprises a first spool and a second spool, attached to opposite ends of the rolling floor, which cooperatively wind and unwind the rolling floor. The segmented rolling floor circumferentially surrounds a nozzle system penetrating through an aperture in the segmented rolling floor, where the nozzle system is used to deliver charged particles, from an accelerator, to a tumor of a patient. The rolling floor and nozzle systems move at respective rates maintaining the nozzle system in the aperture allowing for a safe/walkable floor while allowing treatment of the tumor as a gantry rotates the nozzle system and delivers protons to the tumor from positions above and below the floor. |
| Inventors: | Reno, Jillian (Beverly, MA, US); Huseinovic, Armin (Winchester, MA, US); Amato, Mark R. (South Hamilton, MA, US); Raymond, Daniel J. (Windham, NH, US); Lee, W. Davis (Newburyport, MA, US); Wainwright, Lou (Lynnfield, MA, US); Bennett, James P. (Birmingham, AL, US) |
| Claim: | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a first spooler section; a segmented rolling floor comprising a first end attached to said first spooler section, said first spooler section configured to wind up a section of said segmented rolling floor during use; and a second spooler section attached to a second end of said segmented rolling floor. |
| Claim: | 2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: a nozzle system penetrating through an aperture in said segmented rolling floor. |
| Claim: | 3. The apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising: a beam path from an accelerator, along a beam transport line, though a rotatable section of said beam transport line, and through said nozzle system. |
| Claim: | 4. The apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising: a gantry attached to said rotatable section of said beam transport line; and a mechanical connection forcing movement of said segmented rolling floor with rotation of said gantry. |
| Claim: | 5. The apparatus of claim 3 , said segmented rolling floor further comprising: an upper section directly above a patient position, said patient position in said beam path. |
| Claim: | 6. The apparatus of claim 5 , said segmented rolling floor further comprising: a vertical section at least five feet in length. |
| Claim: | 7. The apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising: an X-ray imaging system penetrating through said segmented rolling floor. |
| Claim: | 8. The apparatus of claim 1 , said first spooler section positioned above a plane of a floor coplanar with a walkable plane surface section of said segmented rolling floor, said second spooler section positioned below the plane of the floor. |
| Claim: | 9. An apparatus, comprising: a first spooler section; a segmented rolling floor comprising a first end attached to said first spooler section and a curved rolling wall section, said first spooler section configured to wind up a section of said segmented rolling floor during use. |
| Claim: | 10. A method, comprising the steps of: providing a segmented rolling floor; and spooling said segmented rolling floor onto a first rolling floor spool, said first rolling floor spool attached to a first end of said segmented rolling floor; and unwinding said segmented rolling floor from a second rolling floor spool, attached to a second end of said segmented rolling floor, during said step of spooling. |
| Claim: | 11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising the step of: positioning a nozzle end of a nozzle system through an aperture in said segmented rolling floor. |
| Claim: | 12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of: co-moving said nozzle system and said segmented rolling floor. |
| Claim: | 13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising the step of: sequentially transporting positively charged particles from an accelerator, along a rotatable beam transport line, and through said nozzle system. |
| Claim: | 14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising the step of: a gantry rotating said rotatable beam transport line at a rate of said step of spooling said segment rolling floor. |
| Patent References Cited: | 2018/0028835 February 2018 Bennett 2018/0056093 March 2018 Reno |
| Primary Examiner: | Vanore, David A |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Hazen, Kevin H. Hazen Patent Group, LLC |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.11185717 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
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