Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for use with a component of a beam limiting device
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Application No.: US17597485Application Date: 2020-07-09
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Publication No.: US12161884B2Publication Date: 2024-12-10
- Inventor: Chris Flint , German Vega , Keith Richardson , 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: GB1909848 20190709
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/069465 WO 20200709
- International Announcement: WO2021/005188 WO 20210114
- Main IPC: A61N5/10
- IPC: A61N5/10 ; G21K1/04

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a method of determining whether repair or replacement of a multi-leaf collimator for a radiotherapy device should be scheduled. The multi-leaf collimator comprises a leaf bank comprising a plurality of leaves, a leaf bank support configured to support the leaf bank, a leaf bank guide, and a guide actuation means configured to extend the leaf bank along the leaf bank guide into the path of a radiation beam. The device further comprises current sensing means configured to produce a signal indicative of the current supplied to the guide actuation means. The method comprises receiving signals from the current sensing means; processing the signals; and based on the processing, determining whether repair or replacement of the multi-leaf collimator should be scheduled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220280813A1 METHODS FOR USE WITH A COMPONENT OF A BEAM LIMITING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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