ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,374, issued on July 29, was assigned to Varian Medical Systems Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.), Aarhus University (Aarhus C, Denmark) and Central Denmark Region (Viborg, Denmark).

"Methods of and apparatus for treatment with flash radiotherapy" was invented by Ricky Anupam Sharma (Palo Alto, Calif.), Sophia Pfister (Redwood City, Calif.), Marta Vilalta (Palo Alto, Calif.), Brita Singers Sorensen (Aarhus, Denmark), Per Rugaard Poulsen (Aarhus, Denmark) and Gael Luis Boivin (Zurich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the field of radiotherapy, in particular, methods of and apparatus for treating cancer using ultra...