Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for use with a radiotherapy device
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Application No.: US17250654Application Date: 2019-08-16
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Publication No.: US11565132B2Publication Date: 2023-01-31
- Inventor: Chris Flint , Keith Richardson , Marcelo Jordao , Mark Holmes , Alessandra Chiap
- Applicant: Elekta Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Crawley
- Assignee: Elekta Limited
- Current Assignee: Elekta Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Crawley
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Priority: GB1813397 20180816
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/072063 WO 20190816
- International Announcement: WO2020/035615 WO 20200220
- Main IPC: G08B5/22
- IPC: G08B5/22 ; A61N5/10 ; G01M3/28 ; G08B21/18 ; H05H7/22 ; H05H9/00

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a method of determining the nature of a fault in a radiotherapy device comprising a linear accelerator. The radiotherapy device is configured to provide therapeutic radiation to a patient. The radiotherapy device comprises a vacuum tube comprising an electron gun, a waveguide configured to accelerate electrons emitted by the electron gun toward a target to produce said radiation, and a flight tube. The electron gun is located at a first end of the vacuum tube and the flight tube is located at a second end of the vacuum tube. The radiotherapy device further comprises a first and a second sensor. The first sensor is configured to provide signals indicative of pressure at a first region inside the vacuum tube and the second sensor is configured to provide signals indicative of pressure at a second region inside the vacuum tube. The first region is closer to the first end of the vacuum tube than the second region is. The method comprises processing a first value derived from signals from the first sensor and a second value derived from signals from the second sensor. The first value is indicative of pressure at the first region inside the vacuum tube, and the second value is indicative of pressure at the second region inside the vacuum tube. Processing the first and second value comprises comparing the first value with a first threshold and comparing the second value with a second threshold; and, based on the processing of the signals, determining that the nature of the fault is associated with the flight tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210299478A1 METHOD FOR USE WITH A RADIOTHERAPY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-09-30
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