Patent ID: 11931603
Assignee: ELEKTA LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A radiotherapy apparatus comprising:
a rotatable gantry;
a beam generation system, attached to the gantry, configured to generate a beam of therapeutic radiation;
an on-gantry heat transfer system configured to rotate with the gantry, the on-gantry heat transfer system including a first conduit comprising a first thermally conductive surface, wherein the on-gantry heat transfer system is further configured to transfer heat generated by the beam generation system to the first thermally conductive surface;
an off-gantry heat transfer system including a second thermally conductive surface, wherein the off-gantry heat transfer system is configured to transfer heat away from the second thermally conductive surface;
wherein the first thermally conductive surface is in thermal contact with the second thermally conductive surface to form an interface between the on-gantry heat transfer system and the off-gantry heat transfer system, the interface comprising at least one of direct physical contact of at least a portion of the first thermally conductive surface with at least a portion of the second thermally conductive surface, or a gas bearing located between the first thermally conductive surface and the second thermally conductive surface.