Patent ID: 7167540

Claim:
A therapeutic device for irradiating a target tissue, the therapeutic device comprising: a housing, a plurality of radiation heads arranged in the housing in a fixed manner, a common radiation source provided for the plurality of radiation heads, wherein the radiation source comprises an electron radiation source and has a primary radiation beam, a radiation divider, wherein the primary radiation beam from the common radiation source is distributed to the plurality of radiation heads through the radiation divider, at least two diverter elements provided between the radiation divider and each of the plurality of radiation heads, wherein each of the plurality of radiation heads is positioned relative to each other, and radiation beams released from each of the plurality of radiation heads strike the target tissue, and wherein the plurality of radiation beams lie in at least two planes displaced from one another and electrons are converted into therapeutic X radiation by a retarding target in the radiation heads, wherein at least one radiation head is provided with a multileaf collimator and, a patient-support table, with a controller configured to move the patient-support table in accordance with a therapeutic radiatio plan.