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US 9,314,647 B2Granted
Holding arm and arrangement for supporting diagnostic irradiation in radiation therapy applications
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsFranz Dirauf, Franz Fadler, Christian Ziegler
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Abstract
The present embodiments relate to a holding arm for a detector that may be positioned on a first arm end or a diagnostic beam source that may be positioned on the first arm end. The present embodiments also relate to a radiation therapy arrangement with the holding arm. The holding arm may be positioned in a region of a second arm end in an emitter head region of a radiation therapy system and is essentially curved.
Claims15
A therapy radiation system comprising:
- a gantry extending along a vertical axis;
- an emitter head comprising cladding, wherein the emitter head is positioned on the gantry and has a longitudinal extension that extends along a horizontal axis from the gantry perpendicular to the vertical axis, the horizontal and vertical axes providing a horizontal-vertical plane;
- a beam source;
- a detector;
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- a curved holding arm comprising (1) a first arm end having a first joint connected to a jointed arm segment, the jointed arm segment supporting the beam source or the detector, and (2) a second arm end, opposite the first arm end, positioned at the emitter head,
- wherein the curved holding arm is configured to move into a park position along an arc movement of the curved holding arm, the first arm end moving in a direction toward the emitter head,
- wherein the arc movement of the curved holding arm is within the horizontal-vertical plane or a plane parallel with the horizontal-vertical plane, and
- wherein the curved holding arm is accommodated in the cladding of the emitter head in the park position.
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A therapy radiation system comprising:
- a gantry;
- an emitter head positioned on the gantry, the emitter head comprising cladding;
- a beam source;
- a detector;
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- a curved holding arm comprising (1) a first arm end having a first joint connected to a jointed arm segment, the jointed arm segment supporting the beam source or the detector, and (2) a second arm end, opposite the first arm end, positioned at the emitter head,
- wherein the curved holding arm is configured to move into a park position along an arc movement of the curved holding arm, the first arm end moving in a direction toward the emitter head such that the first arm end abuts the emitter head in the park position,
- wherein the entire curved holding arm is accommodated in the cladding of the emitter head in the park position except for the first arm end abutting the emitter head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.