Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Becher

Wolfgang Becher 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 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