Patents by Inventor Rainer Hinz

Rainer Hinz 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).

  • Ion beam therapy system and a method for operating the system
    Patent number: 6683318
    Abstract: An ion beam therapy system and method for operating the system includes a source of ions (300), an accelerator system (400) and an ion beam transport system (60) for directing an ion beam to a plurality of treatment stations (100) to treat patients. The ion beam transport system (60) includes a gantry (8) carrying a vertical deflection system (45) and horizontal deflection system (55) positioned upstream from a last bending magnet (65) so as to provide a parallel scanning mode by an edge focusing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH
    Inventors: Thomas Haberer, Michael Kraemer, Gerhard Kraft, Wilma Kraft-Weyrather, Dieter Schardt, Michael Scholz, Ulrich Weber, Aleksiy Dolinski, Hartmut Eickhoff, Bernhard Franczak, Udo Krause, Juergen Klabunde, Ludwig Dahl, Marius Pavlovic, Ulrich Ratzinger, Bernhard Schlitt, Joerg Pawelke, Rainer Hinz, Wolfgang Enghardt