Patents by Inventor Robert WIGGERS

Robert WIGGERS 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).

  • Publication number: 20260061223
    Abstract: Methods and systems of radiosurgical treatment include rotating one or both of a first gantry component and a second gantry component while transmitting a therapeutic treatment beam so as to deliver a therapeutic radiation dose to a target tissue of a patient from one or more arcs extending along a treatment sphere. The first gantry component is rotatable about a first axis and a second gantry component is interfaced with the first gantry component such that rotation of the first gantry component rotates both the first and second gantry components about the first axis. The second gantry component is independently rotatable about a second axis. The method includes coordinating movement of the first and second gantry components along the respective first and second axes so as to allow a trajectory of the therapeutic treatment beam to intersect the target tissue from multiple directions along the treatment sphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Clayton, Edward A. Gardner, Gregory F. Johnson, Cesare Jenkins, John Adler, Robert Wiggers, Alexander Maslowski, Stephen Wilcox, Chuanyu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240350832
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiation therapy systems and methods. These radiation therapy systems and methods are used for emission-guided radiation therapy, where gamma rays from markers or tracers that are localized to patient tumor regions are detected and used to direct radiation to the tumor. The radiation therapy systems described herein comprise a gantry comprising a rotatable ring coupled to a stationary frame via a rotating mechanism such that the rotatable ring rotates up to about 70 RPM, a radiation source (e.g., MV X-ray source) mounted on the rotatable ring, and one or more PET detectors mounted on the rotatable ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Brent HARPER, Robert WIGGERS, David LARKIN, David MEER, David NETT, Rostem BASSALOW, Peter OLCOTT, Chris JULIAN, Brent DOLAN, William Jorge PEARCE
  • Publication number: 20200368557
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiation therapy systems and methods. These radiation therapy systems and methods are used for emission-guided radiation therapy, where gamma rays from markers or tracers that are localized to patient tumor regions are detected and used to direct radiation to the tumor. The radiation therapy systems described herein comprise a gantry comprising a rotatable ring coupled to a stationary frame via a rotating mechanism such that the rotatable ring rotates up to about 70 RPM, a radiation source (e.g., MV X-ray source) mounted on the rotatable ring, and one or more PET detectors mounted on the rotatable ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Brent HARPER, Robert WIGGERS, David LARKIN, David MEER, David NETT, Rostem BASSALOW, Peter OLCOTT, Chris JULIAN, Brent DOLAN, William Jorge PEARCE
  • Patent number: 10695586
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiation therapy systems and methods. These radiation therapy systems and methods are used for emission-guided radiation therapy, where gamma rays from markers or tracers that are localized to patient tumor regions are detected and used to direct radiation to the tumor. The radiation therapy systems described herein comprise a gantry comprising a rotatable ring coupled to a stationary frame via a rotating mechanism such that the rotatable ring rotates up to about 70 RPM, a radiation source (e.g., MV X-ray source) mounted on the rotatable ring, and one or more PET detectors mounted on the rotatable ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: RefleXion Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Harper, Robert Wiggers, David Larkin, David Meer, David Nett, Rostem Bassalow, Peter Olcott, Chris Julian, Brent Dolan, William Jorge Pearce
  • Publication number: 20180133518
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiation therapy systems and methods. These radiation therapy systems and methods are used for emission-guided radiation therapy, where gamma rays from markers or tracers that are localized to patient tumor regions are detected and used to direct radiation to the tumor. The radiation therapy systems described herein comprise a gantry comprising a rotatable ring coupled to a stationary frame via a rotating mechanism such that the rotatable ring rotates up to about 70 RPM, a radiation source (e.g., MV X-ray source) mounted on the rotatable ring, and one or more PET detectors mounted on the rotatable ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Brent HARPER, Robert WIGGERS, David LARKIN, David MEER, David NETT, Rostem BASSALOW, Peter OLCOTT, Chris JULIAN, Brent DOLAN, William Jorge PEARCE