Patents by Inventor Holger Brand

Holger Brand 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).

  • Method for monitoring the irradiation control unit of an ion-beam therapy system
    Patent number: 6614038
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of checking the calculated [sic] irradiation control unit of an ion beam therapy system which comprises a raster scanning device arranged in a beam guidance system and having vertical deflection means and horizontal deflection means for the vertical and horizontal deflection of a treatment beam at right angles to its beam direction, so that the treatment beam is deflected by the raster scanning device onto an isocenter of the irradiation station and scans a specific area surrounding the isocenter, data sets and permanently stored data of a control computer, parameters of measuring sensors and desired current values of scanner magnets being checked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH
    Inventors: Holger Brand, Thomas Haberer, Klaus Poppensieker, Dieter Schardt, Bernd Voss
  • Method for monitoring an emergency switch-off of an ion-beam therapy system
    Patent number: 6597005
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of checking emergency shutdown of an ion beam therapy system which comprises a raster scanning device arranged in a beam guidance system and having vertical deflection means and horizontal deflection means for the vertical and horizontal deflection of a treatment beam at right angles to its beam direction, so that the treatment beam is deflected by the raster scanning device onto an isocenter of the irradiation station and scans a specific area surrounding the isocenter, a check of emergency shutdown being carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH
    Inventors: Eugen Badura, Wolfgang Becher, Holger Brand, Hans-Georg Essel, Thomas Haberer, Wolfgang Ott, Klaus Poppensieker
  • Apparatus and method for controlling a radiation device
    Patent number: 6509573
    Abstract: An arrangement and a method for controlling a radiation device, in particular for heavy ion therapy, are described. The arrangement comprises a chain of circuit modules (11-17), each circuit module (11-17) having a separate communication connection to a preceding circuit module and a separate communication connection to a following circuit module. In the method for controlling the radiation device by means of control modules (11-17) arranged in a chain, each control module (11-17) communicates separately with a preceding control module and separately with a following control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH
    Inventors: Eugen Badura, Holger Brand, Hans-Georg Essel, Thomas Haberer, Jan Hoffmann, Wolfgang Ott, Klaus Poppensieker