Patent ID: 8657354
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. To be transported by a vehicle, a mobile radiation therapy apparatus comprising: a portable enclosure structured to be at least temporarily secured to the vehicle and to move with the vehicle; a patient treatment compartment defined in said portable enclosure; a radiation source disposed on said portable enclosure and structured to emit radiation into said patient treatment compartment; at least one patient area radiation bulkhead, said patient area radiation bulkhead structured to at least partially define a perimeter of said patient treatment compartment and to at least partially enclose said radiation source; and said patient area radiation bulkhead comprising a plurality of wall panels, each of said wall panels made of glass and including a liquid fillable interior space structured to receive a radiation impeding liquid therein when radiation is to be emitted from said radiation source and to be emptied of liquid when said portable enclosure is to move with the vehicle, thereby reducing the weight to be moved by the vehicle.