Portable orthovoltage radiotherapy
AssigneeOraya Therapeutics, Inc.
InventorMichael GERTNER
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Abstract
A portable orthovoltage radiotherapy system is described that is configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. In some embodiments, inflammatory ocular disorders are treated, specifically macular degeneration. In some embodiments, the ocular structures are placed in a global coordinate system based on ocular imaging. In some embodiments, the ocular structures inside the global coordinate system lead to direction of an automated positioning system that is directed based on the ocular structures within the coordinate system.
Claims22
A method, of applying radiation to a patient's eye, comprising:
- identifying (i) a fiducial marker location on an eye contact member that contacts an outer surface of the eye, and (ii) a mapped location, based on imaging data, of a target region within the eye relative to the marker location;
- positioning, based on the mapped location, a source that emits x-ray radiation;
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- emitting the radiation from the source to the target region.
A method, of applying radiation to a patient's eye, comprising:
- positioning a radiation source based on a relative position between (i) a mapped location, in a coordinate system and determined from imaging data, of a target region within an eye and (ii) a fiducial marker location on a contact member that contacts an outer surface of the eye;
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- emitting x-ray radiation from the source toward the target region within the eye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.