Patent ID: 9220923
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. Particle radiation therapy equipment comprising: a particle accelerator configured to generate accelerated particles; a rotating gantry having a rotating unit and an irradiation unit, the rotating unit is rotatable about a rotation axis, the irradiation unit is disposed on the rotating unit and irradiates the accelerated particles; a guide line configured to guide the accelerated particles generated by the particle accelerator to the rotating gantry; and a building having a main building portion and a sub-building portion disposed adjacent to the main building portion in a lateral direction, both the main building portion and the sub-building portion have a multi-story structure with a plurality of stories continuing in a vertical direction with respect to each other, wherein the main building portion has a wall portion which is thicker than that of the sub-building portion, wherein the main building portion has an accelerator chamber and a gantry chamber, the particle accelerator is installed in the accelerator chamber and the rotating gantry is installed in the gantry chamber, the main building portion having the guide line installed therein, wherein the gantry chamber is installed on at least one of upper and lower floors of a floor on which the accelerator chamber is installed, and wherein the sub-building portion includes a power source chamber, and a power-supply equipment is disposed in the power source chamber.