US Patent Issued to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Jan. 28 for "Projection mapping of radiation suites" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,960, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Projection mapping of radiation suites" was invented by Rachel Rieger (Redwood City, Calif.), Nitin Mangi (Hayward, Calif.), Roberto Luevano (Aptos, Calif.) and Ross Hannibal (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation suite includes a room having a floor, a ceiling, and one or more walls, a radiation system including a gantry enclosing a radiation source and a couch, and an image projection system operable to project an image on a projection surface on at least a portion of the gantry and/or the couch, providing a calming envir...