Patent ID: 11918831
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 10:
11. An apparatus for treating a tumor of a patient with positively charged particles, comprising:
a cancer therapy system comprising a beam transport path, configured to transport the positively charged particles, said beam transport path sequentially comprising an accelerator, a beam transport line, a nozzle, and a patient position,
said cancer therapy system configured to treat the tumor, during a single treatment session, with:
a first Bragg peak of a first set of the positively charged particles in a position of the tumor; and
a second Bragg peak of a second set of the positively charged particles in a post-patient position relative to said nozzle; and

a beam rate controller controlling the second set of positively charged particles at a delivery rate exceeding one MHz.