PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16131015
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["250", "492300"]

Abstract:
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for treating a tumor, comprising the steps of: (1) a main controller sequentially delivering charged particles from a synchrotron along a first beam transport line, through a nozzle system, and to the tumor according to a current version of the radiation treatment plan; (2) concurrent with the step of delivering, generating an image of the tumor using an imaging system; (3) the main controller automatically generating an updated version of the radiation treatment plan using the image, the updated version of the radiation treatment plan becoming the current version of the radiation treatment plan; and (4) repeating the steps of: delivering grouped bunches of the charged particles, generating an image of the tumor, and automatically generating the updated or current version of the radiation treatment plan with optional intervening doctor approval.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for treating a tumor of a patient in a treatment room with positively charged particles, comprising the steps of:\n using a main controller to control a cancer therapy system, wherein said main controller comprises hardware and software; providing an approved version of a radiation treatment plan to said main controller as a current version of the radiation treatment plan; said main controller sequentially delivering grouped bunches of the positively charged particles from an accelerator along a first beam transport line, through a nozzle system, and to the tumor according to the current version of the radiation treatment plan; concurrent with implementation of the current version of the radiation treatment plan, generating an updated image of the tumor using an imaging system; said main controller automatically generating an updated version of the radiation treatment plan using the updated image, the updated version of the radiation treatment plan becoming the current version of the radiation treatment plan; and repeating said steps of: (1) delivering grouped bunches of the positively charged particles, (2) generating an updated image of the tumor, and (3) said main controller automatically generating the updated version of the radiation treatment plan.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.40909
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15467915', '15474916', '15478927', '15483566', '15483714']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7872510600935106
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6048782717063053
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7690137812547901
- Mean Citation Score: 508.5716440000001
- Max Citation Score: 549.26465
- Similarity Product: 487.2600596998393

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 0
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 0

Dataset: test