US Patent Issued to Kongsberg Beam Technology AS on Oct. 21 for "Particle beam guiding system and related radiotherapy system" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,358, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Kongsberg Beam Technology AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Particle beam guiding system and related radiotherapy system" was invented by Per Havard Kleven (Kongsberg, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A particle beam guiding system (1a, 1b, 1c) for receiving an incoming particle beam (6a, 6b, 6c) along an incoming trajectory (T1) and controlling an exit energy level and an exit trajectory (T3) of the particle beam, wherein the particle beam guiding system comprises an attenuator (22) for adjusting the energy level of the particle beam; a first beam guide (26) positioned downstream of the attenuator, com...