| TOMOTHERAPY INCORPORATED Patent applications |
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| 20100319128 | PATIENT SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A patient support device of a radiation therapy treatment system includes an electromechanical motor and control system for moving the support device. The control system utilizes regenerative braking concepts, converting the motor into a generator as the support device is moved such that no matter the load, the support device will be moved at a constant speed. The control system also allows for moving of the support device in the powered off situation (i.e., when there is no power to the support device). | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100202593 | TARGET PEDESTAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF PRESERVING THE TARGET - An x-ray target pedestal assembly and a method of protecting the x-ray target from breaking down as a result of the extreme heat that is produced when an electron beam is aimed at the target to produce x-rays. The target is submerged in cooling fluid and is rotated by a constant flow of the cooling fluid over and around the target in order to dissipate heat. The fluid is guided by integrated flow diverters in the target cover. The target may also be protectively coated either in its entirety or along the electron beam path in order to further protect it from the heat of the electron beam impact or from breakdown as a result of attack of free radicals or other chemically reactive components of the cooling fluid which are produced in the extreme target environment. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100054413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CALCULATING DOSE UNCERTAINTY - A dose calculation tool operable to generate a variance map that represents a dose uncertainty. The variance map illustrates on a point-by-point basis where high uncertainty in the dose may exist and where low uncertainty in the dose may exist. The dose uncertainty is a result of an error in one or more data parameters related to a delivery parameter or a computational parameter. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053208 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTOURING A TARGET AREA - A two-dimensional contouring tool that allows a user to maintain a minimum distance away (in 3D) from other structures. The contouring tool allows the user to rapidly define a series of contours that conform to the shape of one or more existing contours (or targets) with user-specified margin limits between the new contour and the existing contours (or targets). | 03-04-2010 |
| 20090116616 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION ADAPTIVE OPTIMIZATION FOR RADIATION THERAPY DELIVERY - A system and method of optimizing delivery of a radiation therapy treatment. The system optimizes treatment delivery in real-time to take into account a variety of factors, such as patient anatomical and physiological changes (e.g., respiration and other movement, etc.), and machine configuration changes (e.g., beam output factors, couch error, leaf error, etc.). | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090110145 | METHOD FOR ADAPTING FRACTIONATION OF A RADIATION THERAPY DOSE - A system and method of adapting a radiation therapy treatment plan for a patient by varying the fraction size delivered to the patient on any individual day, based at least partially on the use of daily patient registration (i.e., taking images of the patient before each fraction is delivered to see the position and size of the tumor on that day). The fraction size can be dynamically altered based upon the biology of the tumor. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090070935 | PATIENT SUPPORT DEVICE - A patient support device for use in a medical facility. The patient support device includes a base and a table assembly coupled to the base. The table assembly includes a lower support and an upper support coupled thereto and movable with respect to the lower support. At least one of the upper support and the lower support includes a bearing layer thereon capable of improving the performance of the patient support device when the upper support moves with respect to the lower support. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090056022 | PATIENT SUPPORT DEVICE - A method and system configured to substantially synchronize two opposite ends of a table assembly of a radiation therapy treatment system. The system includes a lateral motion control system coupled to the table assembly and configured to detect positions of the two opposite ends of the table assembly and to substantially synchronize the positions as the table assembly is laterally moved with respect to a gantry of the radiation therapy treatment system. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090056021 | PATIENT SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A patient support device of a radiation therapy treatment system includes an electromechanical motor and control system for raising and lowering the support device in the Z direction. The control system utilizes regenerative braking concepts, converting the motor into a generator as the support device is lowered such that no matter the load, the support device will be lowered at a constant speed. The control system also allows for lowering of the support device in the powered off situation (i.e., when there is no power to the support device). | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090041200 | Radiation therapy imaging and delivery utilizing coordinated motion of jaws, gantry, and couch - A method of delivering a radiation therapy treatment plan to a treatment area of a patient. The treatment plan is delivered using a radiation therapy system including a moveable support for supporting a patient, and a gantry moveable relative to the support. The gantry supports a radiation source, a set of jaws having a jaw width and a multi-leaf collimator for modulating the radiation during delivery of the treatment plan. The support is moved during delivery of the treatment plan to the treatment area, and the width of the jaws is dynamically adjusted during delivery of the treatment plan to the treatment area. | 02-12-2009 |
