ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,720, issued on May 20, was assigned to Mevion Medical Systems Inc. (Littleton, Mass.).
"Gantry having a retractable cover" was invented by Mark R. Jones (Reading, Mass.) and James Cooley (Boxborough, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example particle therapy system includes a toroid-shaped gantry having a central axis. The toroid-shaped gantry has a cover. The cover includes one or more segments that are rotatable at least partly around the central axis of the toroid-shaped gantry to create an unobstructed opening in the toroid-shaped gantry. The particle therapy system includes a patient couch configured to move relative to a ...