US Patent Issued to Accuray on Dec. 9 for "Scalable slim radiotherapy treatment delivery system topology" (California, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,381, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Accuray LLC (Madison, Wis.).

"Scalable slim radiotherapy treatment delivery system topology" was invented by Eric Schnarr (McFarland, Wis.), Mark Trail (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Calvin Maurer Jr. (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation delivery system that includes a gantry to extend along one or more axes. The gantry is to provide a continuous rotation. The radiation delivery system includes a linear accelerator (LINAC) coupled to the gantry. The LINAC is to generate a treatment beam. The radiation delivery system includes a rotary joint coupled to the gantry. The rotary joint...