US2615129A - Synchro-cyclotron - Google Patents

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US2615129A
US2615129A US748434A US74843447A US2615129A US 2615129 A US2615129 A US 2615129A US 748434 A US748434 A US 748434A US 74843447 A US74843447 A US 74843447A US 2615129 A US2615129 A US 2615129A
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US3719894A (en) * 1970-01-28 1973-03-06 Thomson Csf System for feeding electromagnetic energy into a cyclotron and a cyclotron incorporating such system
US4345210A (en) * 1979-05-31 1982-08-17 C.G.R. Mev Microwave resonant system with dual resonant frequency and a cyclotron fitted with such a system
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US8207656B2 (en) 2010-02-26 2012-06-26 Heidi Baumgartner B-K electrode for fixed-frequency particle accelerators
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US8933650B2 (en) 2007-11-30 2015-01-13 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Matching a resonant frequency of a resonant cavity to a frequency of an input voltage
US9155186B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2015-10-06 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Focusing a particle beam using magnetic field flutter
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US9950194B2 (en) 2014-09-09 2018-04-24 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Patient positioning system
US9962560B2 (en) 2013-12-20 2018-05-08 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Collimator and energy degrader
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US2701304A (en) * 1951-05-31 1955-02-01 Gen Electric Cyclotron
US2790902A (en) * 1954-03-03 1957-04-30 Byron T Wright Ion accelerator beam extractor
US2784799A (en) * 1954-03-26 1957-03-12 Jr John Ise Gas recovery system
US2872574A (en) * 1956-04-12 1959-02-03 Edwin M Mcmillan Cloverleaf cyclotron
US2943265A (en) * 1957-02-08 1960-06-28 Herman F Kaiser Electron cyclotron
US3348089A (en) * 1963-07-29 1967-10-17 Ibm Cyclotron accelerator having the electrostatic field appearing across a nonlinear gap
US3719894A (en) * 1970-01-28 1973-03-06 Thomson Csf System for feeding electromagnetic energy into a cyclotron and a cyclotron incorporating such system
US4345210A (en) * 1979-05-31 1982-08-17 C.G.R. Mev Microwave resonant system with dual resonant frequency and a cyclotron fitted with such a system
US20070001128A1 (en) * 2004-07-21 2007-01-04 Alan Sliski Programmable radio frequency waveform generator for a synchrocyclotron
US7402963B2 (en) * 2004-07-21 2008-07-22 Still River Systems, Inc. Programmable radio frequency waveform generator for a synchrocyclotron
US20080218102A1 (en) * 2004-07-21 2008-09-11 Alan Sliski Programmable radio frequency waveform generatior for a synchrocyclotron
US7626347B2 (en) 2004-07-21 2009-12-01 Still River Systems, Inc. Programmable radio frequency waveform generator for a synchrocyclotron
US20100045213A1 (en) * 2004-07-21 2010-02-25 Still River Systems, Inc. Programmable Radio Frequency Waveform Generator for a Synchrocyclotron
US8952634B2 (en) * 2004-07-21 2015-02-10 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Programmable radio frequency waveform generator for a synchrocyclotron
US8907311B2 (en) 2005-11-18 2014-12-09 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Charged particle radiation therapy
US8916843B2 (en) 2005-11-18 2014-12-23 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Inner gantry
US9452301B2 (en) 2005-11-18 2016-09-27 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Inner gantry
US8344340B2 (en) 2005-11-18 2013-01-01 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Inner gantry
US7728311B2 (en) 2005-11-18 2010-06-01 Still River Systems Incorporated Charged particle radiation therapy
US9925395B2 (en) 2005-11-18 2018-03-27 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Inner gantry
US10279199B2 (en) 2005-11-18 2019-05-07 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Inner gantry
US8941083B2 (en) 2007-10-11 2015-01-27 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Applying a particle beam to a patient
US8003964B2 (en) 2007-10-11 2011-08-23 Still River Systems Incorporated Applying a particle beam to a patient
US8970137B2 (en) 2007-11-30 2015-03-03 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Interrupted particle source
US8933650B2 (en) 2007-11-30 2015-01-13 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Matching a resonant frequency of a resonant cavity to a frequency of an input voltage
US8581523B2 (en) 2007-11-30 2013-11-12 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Interrupted particle source
US20100194391A1 (en) * 2009-02-02 2010-08-05 Wolfgang Renz Compensation device to reduce the electromagnetic field load due to a medical intervention apparatus in magnetic resonance examinations
US8436617B2 (en) * 2009-02-02 2013-05-07 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Compensation device to reduce the electromagnetic field load due to a medical intervention apparatus in magnetic resonance examinations
US8207656B2 (en) 2010-02-26 2012-06-26 Heidi Baumgartner B-K electrode for fixed-frequency particle accelerators
US9545528B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2017-01-17 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Controlling particle therapy
US9301384B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2016-03-29 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Adjusting energy of a particle beam
US9185789B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2015-11-10 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Magnetic shims to alter magnetic fields
US9155186B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2015-10-06 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Focusing a particle beam using magnetic field flutter
US9622335B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2017-04-11 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Magnetic field regenerator
US10254739B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2019-04-09 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Coil positioning system
US9681531B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2017-06-13 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Control system for a particle accelerator
US10155124B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2018-12-18 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Controlling particle therapy
US9723705B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2017-08-01 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Controlling intensity of a particle beam
US10368429B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2019-07-30 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Magnetic field regenerator
US8927950B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2015-01-06 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Focusing a particle beam
US9706636B2 (en) 2012-09-28 2017-07-11 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Adjusting energy of a particle beam
US8791656B1 (en) 2013-05-31 2014-07-29 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Active return system
US9730308B2 (en) 2013-06-12 2017-08-08 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Particle accelerator that produces charged particles having variable energies
US10258810B2 (en) 2013-09-27 2019-04-16 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Particle beam scanning
US9962560B2 (en) 2013-12-20 2018-05-08 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Collimator and energy degrader
US9661736B2 (en) 2014-02-20 2017-05-23 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Scanning system for a particle therapy system
US9950194B2 (en) 2014-09-09 2018-04-24 Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. Patient positioning system

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