ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,571, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Elekta Ltd. (Crawley, Great Britain).
"Radiotherapy device" was invented by Ian Shinton (Crawley, Great Britain), Duncan Bourne (Sussex, Great Britain), Peter Doherty (Crawley, Great Britain) and Emma Wooldridge (Crawley, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A particle accelerator comprises a waveguide configured to accelerate a beam of electrons along an acceleration path. A diversion channel is configured to convey a beam of electrons along a diversion path. A first magnet arrangement is configured to, at a first location, direct electrons from the acceleration path to the diversion pat...