Radiation therapy system
AssigneeMuir IP Ltd
InventorKevin Paul
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Abstract
A radiation therapy system comprises a beam delivery system located in a treatment room. The beam delivery system comprises a particle accelerator for generating a radiation beam, and a positioning apparatus for moving the particle accelerator to any one of a plurality of treatment locations in said treatment room. The system includes a plurality of waiting rooms each having a patient support apparatus that is movable between a waiting state in which it is located in the respective waiting room, and a treatment state in which it is located in a respective one of the treatment locations in the treatment room. The positioning apparatus comprises a counterbalanced lever which carries the particle accelerator. The particle accelerator is preferably a proton accelerator producing a proton beam.
Claims19
A radiation therapy system comprising:
- a beam delivery system located in a treatment room, the beam delivery system comprising
- a particle accelerator for generating a radiation beam, and
- a positioning apparatus for moving said particle accelerator to any one of a plurality of treatment locations in said treatment room;
- a plurality of waiting rooms;
- a respective doorway between each waiting room and said treatment room;
- a respective patient support apparatus for each waiting room;
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- a respective actuation apparatus for moving each patient support apparatus between a waiting state in which it is located in the respective waiting room, and a treatment state in which it is located in a respective one of said treatment locations in said treatment room.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.