US Patent Issued to Varian Medical Systems on May 27 for "Accelerator and particle beam transport systems and methods" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,406, issued on May 27, was assigned to Varian Medical Systems Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Accelerator and particle beam transport systems and methods" was invented by James E Clayton (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented systems and methods enable efficient and effective radiation planning and treatment, including accurate and convenient transmission of the radiation towards a tissue target. In one embodiment, a radiation system includes an electron gun, a bend magnet, a scan control component, and an electron beam entry angle control component. The electron gun is configured to generate electrons. The linear acc...