Patents by Inventor Olivier Vierlinck

Olivier Vierlinck 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 For Compensating The Deviation Of A Hadron Beam Produced By A Hadron-Therapy Installation
    Publication number: 20150133713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for compensating the deviation of an energetic beam of hadrons delivered by an irradiation unit of a hadron-therapy installation, with respect to an isocentre of a rotatable gantry supporting said irradiation unit, said irradiation unit comprising a collimator comprising an opening for the passage of said beam. The present invention also relates to a program comprising an algorithm for calculation of a correction to be applied to the position of an opening of a collimator of an irradiation unit of a hadron-therapy installation. The invention finally also relates to a hadron therapy installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Olivier Vierlinck, Michel Closset, David Wikler