Patents by Inventor Ian Turnbull

Ian Turnbull 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).

  • Compact proton therapy systems and methods
    Patent number: 11369807
    Abstract: A system proton treatment system including a proton accelerator structured to generate a proton beam, a plurality of beamline pathways configured to direct the proton beam from the proton accelerator to a corresponding plurality of treatment rooms, a rotatable bending magnet located between the proton accelerator and the plurality of treatment rooms, the rotatable bending magnet being structured to selectively rotate between multiple treatment rooms, and an upright patient positioning mechanism disposed in each of the treatment rooms, the upright patient positioning mechanism being structured to support a patient within a particular treatment room and to rotate the patient between a fixed imaging source and imaging panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ProNova Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Jacques, Niek Schreuder, Terry Douglass, Joseph C. Matteo, Steve Schrick, Jacob Shamblin, Ian Turnbull, Yan Zhang
  • COMPACT PROTON THERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200316408
    Abstract: A system proton treatment system including a proton accelerator structured to generate a proton beam, a plurality of beamline pathways configured to direct the proton beam from the proton accelerator to a corresponding plurality of treatment rooms, a rotatable bending magnet located between the proton accelerator and the plurality of treatment rooms, the rotatable bending magnet being structured to selectively rotate between multiple treatment rooms, and an upright patient positioning mechanism disposed in each of the treatment rooms, the upright patient positioning mechanism being structured to support a patient within a particular treatment room and to rotate the patient between a fixed imaging source and imaging panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Jacques, Niek Schreuder, Terry Douglass, Cameron Eiland, Joseph C. Matteo, Steve Schrick, Jacob Shamblin, Ian Turnbull, Yan Zhang
  • Electrically controlled jacquard selection apparatus
    Patent number: 5464046
    Abstract: An electrically controlled jacquard apparatus capable of selectively controlling individual warp yarns. Each warp yarn is controlled by a selector body which is engaged by at least two and preferably three parallel support members and is adapted to be reciprocated by sliding longitudinally of the support members. One of the support members is static and the other two support members are reciprocated longitudinally out-of-phase with each other. The selector body is selectively latched to the three members so as to be moved in either direction or to be supported at a static position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Bonas Machine Company Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan F. McIntyre, Malcolm G. B. Mahboubian-Jones, Ian Turnbull