Patents by Inventor Sami Siljamäki

Sami Siljamäki 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).

  • Apparatus and method pertaining to movement compensation during radiation treatment
    Patent number: 9814908
    Abstract: A control circuit controls real-time administration of a radiation-treatment plan that administers a therapeutic radiation dose to a patient. This includes compensating for a first movement as regards the application setting using a first treatment-administration modality and responding to detection of a second movement by using a second treatment-administration modality that is different from the first treatment-administration modality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: Varian Medical Systems International AG, Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sami Siljamäki, Janne Nord, Michelle Marie Svatos, Corey E. Zankowski, Stanley Mansfield
  • Method and apparatus pertaining to use of jaws during radiation treatment
    Patent number: 8816307
    Abstract: These various embodiments are employed in conjunction with the use of both a multi-leaf collimator and jaws that are interposed between a source of radiation and a treatment target while sourcing radiation from the source of radiation towards the treatment target. Generally speaking, during some portion of the aforementioned treatment, these teachings provide for manipulating the jaws to more tightly constrain, in at least one dimension, a beam-shaping aperture as is formed by the multi-leaf collimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Varian Medical Systems International AG
    Inventors: Esa Kuusela, Sami Siljamäki
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD PERTAINING TO MOVEMENT COMPENSATION DURING RADIATION TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20130109904
    Abstract: A control circuit controls real-time administration of a radiation-treatment plan that administers a therapeutic radiation dose to a patient. This includes compensating for a first movement as regards the application setting using a first treatment-administration modality and responding to detection of a second movement by using a second treatment-administration modality that is different from the first treatment-administration modality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Sami SILJAMÄKI, Janne NORD, Michelle Marie SVATOS, Corey E. ZANKOWSKI, Stanley MANSFIELD
  • Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Use of Jaws During Radiation Treatment
    Publication number: 20120012763
    Abstract: These various embodiments are employed in conjunction with the use of both a multi-leaf collimator and jaws that are interposed between a source of radiation and a treatment target while sourcing radiation from the source of radiation towards the treatment target. Generally speaking, during some portion of the aforementioned treatment, these teachings provide for manipulating the jaws to more tightly constrain, in at least one dimension, a beam-shaping aperture as is formed by the multi-leaf collimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Esa Kuusela, Sami Siljamäki