Patents by Inventor Alfred P. Smith

Alfred P. Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7576342
    Abstract: The invention is intended to increase the number of patients treatable using one wheel having a thickness varied in the rotating direction to change energy of an ion beam passing the wheel. Ion beam delivery equipment for irradiating an ion beam to a patient for treatment comprises a beam generator for producing and accelerating the ion beam, an beam delivery nozzle including a range modulation wheel which has a predetermined thickness distribution in the rotating direction and is rotated on a travel passage of the ion beam generated from the beam generator to control a range of the ion beam, and an irradiation controller for controlling the beam producing and accelerating operation of the beam generator in accordance with the phase of rotation of the range modulation wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Board of Regents, University of Texas System
    Inventors: Kazuo Hiramoto, Hiroshi Akiyama, Masaki Yanagisawa, Hisataka Fujimaki, Alfred P. Smith, Wayne Newhauser