Patents by Inventor Sean Comer

Sean Comer 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).

  • Integrated shaping and sculpting unit for use with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment
    Patent number: 8208601
    Abstract: An apparatus for engagement with a LINAC head of a LINAC machine, the LINAC machine generating radiation for intensity modulated radiation therapy of a cancer patient. The apparatus is a member incorporating separately a beam shaping material and a beam sculpting material. The member typically includes a tray and the tray is designed to fit into or adjacent the head of a LINAC machine. When radiation passes through the tray mounted member, it will be modulated and shaped to conform to the tumor of the cancer patient, which patient is radiated by the modified radiation beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Oncology Tech LLC
    Inventors: Sean Comer, Johnie McConnaughhay, George F. Schroeder
  • INTEGRATED BEAM MODIFYING ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A PROTON BEAM THERAPY MACHINE
    Publication number: 20110127443
    Abstract: An integrated beam modifying assembly for use with a proton beam therapy machine. Typically the snouts of a proton beam therapy machine are adapted to receive separate apertures and range compensators. Applicants provide an integrated assembly for slotting into the snout of a proton beam therapy machine, which integrated assembly incorporates both aperture material and range compensator material for profiling, shaping, and modulating the beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Sean Comer, Johnie McConnaughhay
  • Integrated Shaping and Sculpting Unit for Use with Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Treatment
    Publication number: 20100040198
    Abstract: An apparatus for engagement with a LINAC head of a LINAC machine, the LINAC machine generating radiation for intensity modulated radiation therapy of a cancer patient. The apparatus is a member incorporating separately a beam shaping material and a beam sculpting material. The member typically includes a tray and the tray is designed to fit into or adjacent the head of a LINAC machine. When radiation passes through the tray mounted member, it will be modulated and shaped to conform to the tumor of the cancer patient, which patient is radiated by the modified radiation beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Sean Comer, Johnie McConnaughhay, George F. Schroeder