ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,634, issued on April 29, was assigned to Elekta Ltd. (Crawley, Great Britain).
"Radiotherapy apparatus for delivering radiation to a subject" was invented by Kjell Eldered (Crawley, Great Britain) and Kristian Wiberg (Crawley, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a radiotherapy apparatus for delivering radiation to a subject. The apparatus comprises a source of radiation configured to rotate about an isocenter and emit radiation in a radiation plane containing said isocentre. The apparatus also comprises a subject support surface including a portion configured to be located substantially at t...