Patents Assigned to Axellis Ventures Ltd
  • Patent number: 8477903
    Abstract: A method of validating a compensator for use in a radiation therapy machine to treat a cancer patient involves determining a radiation treatment plan based on a compensator description file that includes data representative of an actual machined surface of the compensator. The plan includes operating parameters of the radiation therapy machine, and this plan is compared against actual radiation measurements taken during a non-patient test of the radiation therapy machine with the compensator mounted to the machine. If the comparison results in a match, the compensator is validated for use in the radiation therapy machine to treat the cancer patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Axellis Ventures Ltd
    Inventors: John M. Wright, William Tomer, Michael J. Hudson
  • Patent number: 8320648
    Abstract: A method for preparing a clinical restraint for a subject, the method comprises scanning the portion of the subject to be restrained to produce a 3D image data set, generating a three dimensional replica of the portion of the subject from the 3D image data set and preparing a clinical restraint using the three dimensional replica. A scanning system for generating the 3D image data set comprising one or more projectors (6) and one or more cameras (8) in combination with an image processing device is also disclosed. The imaging aspects are also applied in the monitoring of the treatment of a patient, the manufacture and fitting of medical items, such as compression hosiery and the like, as well as in the fitting of garments and items of clothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Axellis Ventures Ltd
    Inventors: Michael Mailling, John Wright
  • Publication number: 20120253095
    Abstract: A patient-specific compensator is created from solid particulates on-site at a radiation treatment facility and then used there at that facility in conjunction with a radiation therapy machine to deliver radiation therapy to a cancer patient. After use, the compensator can be broken down into loose solid particulates at the facility, and another compensator can be created on-site at the facility from those particulates and used in the radiation treatment of a different cancer patient at the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Axellis Ventures Ltd.
    Inventors: John M. Wright, Michael J. Hudson
  • Publication number: 20120253495
    Abstract: A compensator is used with a radiation therapy machine to treat a cancer patient. A three-dimensional surface of the compensator is defined by obtaining a radiation dose requirement created by a treatment planning system associated with the radiation therapy machine and determining a plurality of grid elements based on that radiation dose requirement. At least one of a plurality of points on each of the plurality of grid elements is connected with at least one of the plurality of points on another one of the plurality of grid elements to form a representation of the three-dimensional compensator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Axellis Ventures Ltd.
    Inventors: JOHN M. WRIGHT, William Tomer, Michael J. Hudson
  • Publication number: 20120250824
    Abstract: A method of validating a compensator for use in a radiation therapy machine to treat a cancer patient involves determining a radiation treatment plan based on a compensator description file that includes data representative of an actual machined surface of the compensator. The plan includes operating parameters of the radiation therapy machine, and this plan is compared against actual radiation measurements taken during a non-patient test of the radiation therapy machine with the compensator mounted to the machine. If the comparison results in a match, the compensator is validated for use in the radiation therapy machine to treat the cancer patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Axellis Ventures Ltd.
    Inventors: JOHN M. WRIGHT, William Tomer, Michael J. Hudson