Patent ID: 7348579
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An arrangement for treating a patient by means of proton therapy, comprising: a proton beam delivery system including magnets, quadrupoles, and an exit window, the proton beam delivery system arranged to guide or direct a proton beam from a proton beam source to a location in the patient that is to be treated; a radiation chamber; a patient table within the radiation chamber, arranged, in a substantially horizontal plane and controllable so as to move the patient into a desired position relative to the proton beam entering the radiation chamber via the exit window, and a proton beam guiding and controlling device mounted on a first support and a second support to pivot about a horizontal axis, wherein the radiation chamber is positioned between the first support and the second support, wherein the chamber floor is installed in a fixed manner without counter-rotation, and wherein the horizontal axis extends substantially within the horizontal plane in which the patient table is arranged.