Patents by Inventor Steve Schrick

Steve Schrick 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).

  • Compact proton therapy systems and methods
    Patent number: 11369807
    Abstract: A system proton treatment system including a proton accelerator structured to generate a proton beam, a plurality of beamline pathways configured to direct the proton beam from the proton accelerator to a corresponding plurality of treatment rooms, a rotatable bending magnet located between the proton accelerator and the plurality of treatment rooms, the rotatable bending magnet being structured to selectively rotate between multiple treatment rooms, and an upright patient positioning mechanism disposed in each of the treatment rooms, the upright patient positioning mechanism being structured to support a patient within a particular treatment room and to rotate the patient between a fixed imaging source and imaging panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ProNova Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Jacques, Niek Schreuder, Terry Douglass, Joseph C. Matteo, Steve Schrick, Jacob Shamblin, Ian Turnbull, Yan Zhang
  • COMPACT PROTON THERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200316408
    Abstract: A system proton treatment system including a proton accelerator structured to generate a proton beam, a plurality of beamline pathways configured to direct the proton beam from the proton accelerator to a corresponding plurality of treatment rooms, a rotatable bending magnet located between the proton accelerator and the plurality of treatment rooms, the rotatable bending magnet being structured to selectively rotate between multiple treatment rooms, and an upright patient positioning mechanism disposed in each of the treatment rooms, the upright patient positioning mechanism being structured to support a patient within a particular treatment room and to rotate the patient between a fixed imaging source and imaging panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Jacques, Niek Schreuder, Terry Douglass, Cameron Eiland, Joseph C. Matteo, Steve Schrick, Jacob Shamblin, Ian Turnbull, Yan Zhang