Patent ID: 8581215
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: A61N,H01J,H05H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for positioning a patient relative to charged particles extracted from a synchrotron for irradiation therapy of a tumor of a patient, comprising: a platform configured to support the patient, said platform comprising multi-axis computer control of: a rotational reamer configured to adjust said rotation position of said platform at a rate in excess of ninety degrees per minute simultaneous with a period of delivery of the charged particles to the tumor, wherein at least a portion of said platform comprises a position under an about horizontal beam path of the charged particles extracted from said synchrotron, said platform configured to rotate, under computer control, to at least ten rotation positions over at least about one hundred eighty degrees of rotation during a tumor treatment period, and wherein said control of position positions the tumor in the about horizontal beam path during use.