Patents by Inventor Klaus Poppensiecker

Klaus Poppensiecker 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 of operating an ion beam therapy system with monitoring of beam position
    Patent number: 6600164
    Abstract: A method for the operation of an ion beam therapy system that comprises a grid scanner device, arranged in a beam guidance system (6, 8), having vertical deflection means (13) and horizontal deflection means (14) for the vertical and horizontal deflection of a treatment beam (11) perpendicular to its beam direction, with the result that the treatment beam (11) is deflected by the grid scanner device to an isocentre (10) of the irradiation site and scans a specific area surrounding the isocentre (10). For monitoring the operational stability and operational safety of the therapy system, the beam position of the treatment beam (11) in the region of the isocentre (10) is monitored and evaluated, intervention in the ion beam therapy system being carried out if the evaluation of the beam position shows a departure, from a predetermined desired value, that exceeds a specific tolerance value based on a required half-value width of the beam profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH
    Inventors: Eugen Badura, Hartmut Eickhoff, Hans-Georg Essel, Thomas Haberer, Klaus Poppensiecker