Patents by Inventor Jan H. TIMMER

Jan H. TIMMER 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).

  • Particle therapy systems, devices, and methods for beam transportation
    Patent number: 11738213
    Abstract: A beam transport assembly conveys a particle beam from a particle source to an irradiation nozzle, which rotates about a swivel axis at the horizontal input of the nozzle. A support can move horizontally in a plane perpendicular to the swivel axis. The beam transport assembly can change a path length of the particle beam so as to follow a vertical location of the swivel axis of the irradiation nozzle with respect to the support. A controller can coordinate the path length change of the particle beam, rotation of the irradiation nozzle about the swivel axis, and/or horizontal motion of the support to provide irradiation of a supported object from various angles in the plane perpendicular to the swivel axis while maintaining the irradiation nozzle at a constant distance from the supported object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS PARTICLE THERAPY GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan H. Timmer, Juergen Schultheiss
  • PARTICLE THERAPY SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR BEAM TRANSPORTATION
    Publication number: 20200108279
    Abstract: A beam transport assembly conveys a particle beam from a particle source to an irradiation nozzle, which rotates about a swivel axis at the horizontal input of the nozzle. A support can move horizontally in a plane perpendicular to the swivel axis. The beam transport assembly can change a path length of the particle beam so as to follow a vertical location of the swivel axis of the irradiation nozzle with respect to the support. A controller can coordinate the path length change of the particle beam, rotation of the irradiation nozzle about the swivel axis, and/or horizontal motion of the support to provide irradiation of a supported object from various angles in the plane perpendicular to the swivel axis while maintaining the irradiation nozzle at a constant distance from the supported object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jan H. TIMMER, Juergen SCHULTHEISS
  • Particle therapy systems, devices, and methods for beam transportation
    Patent number: 10532229
    Abstract: A beam transport assembly conveys a particle beam from a particle source to an irradiation nozzle, which rotates about a swivel axis at the horizontal input of the nozzle. A support can move horizontally in a plane perpendicular to the swivel axis. The beam transport assembly can change a path length of the particle beam so as to follow a vertical location of the swivel axis of the irradiation nozzle with respect to the support. A controller can coordinate the path length change of the particle beam, rotation of the irradiation nozzle about the swivel axis, and/or horizontal motion of the support to provide irradiation of a supported object from various angles in the plane perpendicular to the swivel axis while maintaining the irradiation nozzle at a constant distance from the supported object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS PARTICLE THERAPY GMBH, VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC
    Inventors: Jan H. Timmer, Juergen Schultheiss
  • PARTICLE THERAPY SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR BEAM TRANSPORTATION
    Publication number: 20170239495
    Abstract: A beam transport assembly conveys a particle beam from a particle source to an irradiation nozzle, which rotates about a swivel axis at the horizontal input of the nozzle. A support can move horizontally in a plane perpendicular to the swivel axis. The beam transport assembly can change a path length of the particle beam so as to follow a vertical location of the swivel axis of the irradiation nozzle with respect to the support. A controller can coordinate the path length change of the particle beam, rotation of the irradiation nozzle about the swivel axis, and/or horizontal motion of the support to provide irradiation of a supported object from various angles in the plane perpendicular to the swivel axis while maintaining the irradiation nozzle at a constant distance from the supported object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Jan H. TIMMER, Juergen SCHULTHEISS