Patent ID: 7956557

Claim:
A support structure for a planar insertion device for treating a synchrotron particle beam, comprising: a primary frame; a first secondary C-frame and a second secondary C-frame horizontally spaced from each other and mounted on said primary frame, said secondary C-frames having substantially similar geometry, comprising a vertical portion interconnecting a horizontally-extending upper arm and a horizontally-extending lower arm, said arms being vertically spaced; at least one elongated substantially linear upper girder and at least one elongated substantially linear lower girder, said girders mounted on said secondary C-frames and positioned at least partially between said upper and lower arms, with said upper girder mounted on said upper arm and said lower girder mounted on said lower arm; said girders forming a gap therebetween and arranged substantially horizontally and parallel to each other and to the synchrotron particle beam; said girders having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein said proximal ends of said upper girder and said lower girder are mounted on said first secondary C-frame, wherein said distal ends of said upper girder and said lower girder are mounted on said second secondary C-frame, and magnetic arrays rigidly mounted on said upper girder and said lower girder, said magnetic arrays facing each other and facing said gap, with the synchrotron particle beam passing between said magnetic arrays through the gap.