Patent ID: 8992404
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A radiation treatment system for providing radiation to a patient, the system comprising: a plurality of treatment-related components that coordinate to provide the radiation to the patient according to a treatment plan; a digital packet network; a supervisor control entity electrically coupled to the digital packet network and having the treatment plan; and a plurality of nodes, each node coupled to the digital packet network and controlling one or more of the treatment-related components, each node controlling a different set of one or more of the treatment-related components, wherein the plurality of nodes implement the treatment plan for the patient; wherein the supervisor control entity is configured to periodically communicate commands to the nodes over the digital packet network; wherein the supervisor control entity is configured to communicate, to a first node of the plurality of nodes, a first command that includes: wherein the first node is configured to: