US Patent Issued to Elekta on Feb. 10 for "Devices and methods for adaptively controlling a radiotherapy apparatus" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,594, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Elekta Inc. (Atlanta).

"Devices and methods for adaptively controlling a radiotherapy apparatus" was invented by Michael McGrain Flores (Atlanta), Igor Sinitsyn (Atlanta), Elizabeth Jean Lansing (Atlanta) and Alain Omar Rodriguez (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems and computer-readable media for controlling a radiotherapy apparatus are disclosed. A method for controlling a radiotherapy apparatus comprises obtaining a first treatment plan comprising positioning information of a beam shaping apparatus of the radiotherapy apparatus; receiving, during delivery of a radiation t...