A61N 5/1043
Scanning the radiation beam
Official title: {Scanning the radiation beam, e.g. spot scanning or raster scanning}
A61N5/1043 (Scanning the radiation beam) appears on 437 US grants and 511 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61N- Granted patents
- 437
- Published applications
- 511
- Assignees
- 129
- Inventors
- 625
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 9 | 5 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 3 | 19 |
| 2011 | 7 | 28 |
| 2012 | 17 | 24 |
| 2013 | 37 | 27 |
| 2014 | 25 | 22 |
| 2015 | 25 | 44 |
| 2016 | 21 | 28 |
| 2017 | 37 | 43 |
| 2018 | 33 | 51 |
| 2019 | 32 | 26 |
| 2020 | 34 | 35 |
| 2021 | 25 | 33 |
| 2022 | 19 | 27 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 |
| 2024 | 28 | 22 |
| 2025 | 22 | 11 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Radiation treatment planning that considers the dimensions of volumes in a treatment target18 Aug 2026US 12,708,796 B2Siemens Healthineers International AG
- Methods of use of ultra-high dose rate radiation and therapeutic agent10 Mar 2026US 12,569,700 B2Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Rapid imaging systems and methods for facilitating rapid radiation therapies10 Mar 2026US RE50,811 E1The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Spot positioning based on minimum monitor unit (MU) constraint and optimization objectives for a radiation therapy system9 Dec 2025US 12,491,376 B2Siemens Healthineers International AG
- Systems and methods for placement of energy layers and spots of proton beams in target regions9 Dec 2025US 12,491,378 B2Siemens Healthineers International AG
- Ion beam exclusion paths on the target surface to optimize neutron beam performance30 Jul 2026US 2026/0223276 A1Tae Technologies, Inc.
- Scanning electromagnet control system, scanning electromagnet control method, and particle beam therapy system9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097236 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Circular accelerator and particle beam therapy system including circular accelerator2 Apr 2026US 2026/0096006 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Apparatus and method of generating beam control data based on imaging uncertainty1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000915 A1
- Spot delivery visualization for particle beam radiotherapy4 Dec 2025US 2025/0367473 A1Elekta Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Therapeutic apparatus333US 5,039,867 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1991
- Method for verifying the calculated radiation dose of an ion beam therapy system242US 6,799,068 B1Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH · 2004
- Ion beam therapy system and a method for operating the system234US 6,683,318 B1Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH · 2004
- Raster scan control system for a charged-particle beam216US 5,017,789 ALoma Linda University Medical Center · 1991
- Ion beam scanner system and operating method210US 6,891,177 B1Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH · 2005