Patents by Inventor Graham T. Reitz

Graham T. Reitz 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).

  • Patient support device and method of operation
    Patent number: 7784127
    Abstract: A patient support device of a radiation therapy treatment system includes an electromechanical motor and control system for raising and lowering the support device in the Z direction. The control system utilizes regenerative braking concepts, converting the motor into a generator as the support device is lowered such that no matter the load, the support device will be lowered at a constant speed. The control system also allows for lowering of the support device in the powered off situation (i.e., when there is no power to the support device).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Tomotherapy Incorporated
    Inventors: Serge Nukhim Kuro, Graham T. Reitz, Bradley J. Brunker, Brent Harper
  • PATIENT SUPPORT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090056022
    Abstract: A method and system configured to substantially synchronize two opposite ends of a table assembly of a radiation therapy treatment system. The system includes a lateral motion control system coupled to the table assembly and configured to detect positions of the two opposite ends of the table assembly and to substantially synchronize the positions as the table assembly is laterally moved with respect to a gantry of the radiation therapy treatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: TOMOTHERAPY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Graham T. Reitz, Bradley J. Brunker, Ralph J. Gable, Wayne L. Staats, JR., Brent Harper
  • PATIENT SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20090056021
    Abstract: A patient support device of a radiation therapy treatment system includes an electromechanical motor and control system for raising and lowering the support device in the Z direction. The control system utilizes regenerative braking concepts, converting the motor into a generator as the support device is lowered such that no matter the load, the support device will be lowered at a constant speed. The control system also allows for lowering of the support device in the powered off situation (i.e., when there is no power to the support device).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: TOMOTHERAPY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Serge Nukhim Kuro, Graham T. Reitz, Bradley J. Brunker, Brent Harper