Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toroidal bending magnets for hadron therapy gantries
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Application No.: US15051792Application Date: 2016-02-24
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Publication No.: US09711254B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Leslie Bromberg , Philip C. Michael
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Nields, Lemack & Frame, LLC
- Main IPC: H01J3/14
- IPC: H01J3/14 ; G21K1/093 ; A61N5/10

Abstract:
Toroidal superconducting magnets can be used as lightweight rotating bending magnets in hadron therapy gantries. The toroidal bending magnets are self-shielded and do not require ferromagnetic material for field modification or shielding, decreasing both the magnet system weight, as well as overall gantry weight. Achromatic magnet can be made by combining two of these bending magnets. The simple geometry may allow the use of higher fields, making it attractive for carbon, as well as proton.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160247591A1 Toroidal Bending Magnets For Hadron Therapy Gantries Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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