Patents by Inventor Nicholaos Tsoupas

Nicholaos Tsoupas 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).

  • Multi turn beam extraction from synchrotron
    Patent number: 9550077
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for the extraction of particle beams while maintaining the energy levels and precision of the particles and the particle beam. Apparatuses and methods for extracting a charged particle beam from a central orbit in a synchrotron are provided, in which a particle beam is deflected from the central orbit. Parts of the deflected particle beam passes through a stripping foil placed in at least parts of the deflected path such that the particles that pass through the foil are stripped of at least one electron. The electron stripped particles and the non-stripped particles may be separated magnetically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholaos Tsoupas
  • Multi Turn Beam Extraction from Synchrotron
    Publication number: 20150005567
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for the extraction of particle beams while maintaining the energy levels and precision of the particles and the particle beam. Apparatuses and methods for extracting a charged particle beam from a central orbit in a synchrotron are provided, in which a particle beam is deflected from the central orbit. Parts of the deflected particle beam passes through a stripping foil placed in at least parts of the deflected path such that the particles that pass through the foil are stripped of at least one electron. The electron stripped particles and the non-stripped particles may be separated magnetically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Nicholaos Tsoupas
  • Achromatic and uncoupled medical gantry
    Patent number: 8063381
    Abstract: A medical gantry that focus the beam from the beginning of the gantry to the exit of the gantry independent of the rotation angle of the gantry by keeping the beam achromatic and uncoupled, thus, avoiding the use of collimators or rotators, or additional equipment to control the beam divergence, which may cause beam intensity loss or additional time in irradiation of the patient, or disadvantageously increase the overall gantry size inapplicable for the use in the medical treatment facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholaos Tsoupas, Dmitry Kayran, Vladimir Litvinenko, William W. MacKay
  • Achromatic and Uncoupled Medical Gantry
    Publication number: 20100230620
    Abstract: A medical gantry that focus the beam from the beginning of the gantry to the exit of the gantry independent of the rotation angle of the gantry by keeping the beam achromatic and uncoupled, thus, avoiding the use of collimators or rotators, or additional equipment to control the beam divergence, which may cause beam intensity loss or additional time in irradiation of the patient, or disadvantageously increase the overall gantry size inapplicable for the use in the medical treatment facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholaos Tsoupas, Dmitry Kayran, Vladimir Litvinenko, William W. MacKay