Patents by Inventor Torsten Zeuner

Torsten Zeuner 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).

  • Patent number: 7834334
    Abstract: A particle therapy system for irradiating a volume of a patient to be irradiated with high-energy particles is provided. The system includes a radiation outlet of a radiation delivery and acceleration system from which a particle beam exits in order to interact with the patient positioned in an irradiation position; an imaging device for verifying the position of the volume to be irradiated in relation to the particle beam; and a patient-positioning device with which the patient can be brought into the irradiation position for irradiation. The imaging device checks the position of the volume to be irradiated in an imaging position of the patient that is spatially remote from the irradiation position, and the patient-positioning device automatically changes position between imaging position and irradiation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sven Oliver Grözinger, Klaus Herrmann, Eike Rietzel, Andres Sommer, Torsten Zeuner
  • Publication number: 20090114847
    Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment room for a particle therapy system that has a treatment room isocenter, which can be set variably during treatment and forms an origin of a coordinate system, and a patient positioning apparatus for automatically positioning the patient with reference to the set treatment room isocenter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Sven Oliver Grozinger, Klaus Hermann, Elke Rietzel, Andres Sommer, Torsten Zeuner
  • Patent number: 7473913
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gantry system for a particle therapy facility, having a beam guidance gantry which has elements for beam guidance, and having a measurement gantry which has a device for beam monitoring. The measurement gantry and beam guidance gantry are thus of a mutually independent design and are, in particular, arranged in a mutually concentric manner. A gantry system of this kind is inter alia less susceptible to mechanical deviations during rotation of the beam guidance gantry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich
    Inventors: Klaus Hermann, Werner Kaiser, Andres Sommer, Torsten Zeuner
  • Publication number: 20080237495
    Abstract: A particle therapy system for irradiating a volume of a patient to be irradiated with high-energy particles is provided. The system includes a radiation outlet of a radiation delivery and acceleration system from which a particle beam exits in order to interact with the patient positioned in an irradiation position; an imaging device for verifying the position of the volume to be irradiated in relation to the particle beam; and a patient-positioning device with which the patient can be brought into the irradiation position for irradiation. The imaging device checks the position of the volume to be irradiated in an imaging position of the patient that is spatially remote from the irradiation position, and the patient-positioning device automatically changes position between imaging position and irradiation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Sven Oliver Grozinger, Klaus Herrmann, Eike Rietzel, Andres Sommer, Torsten Zeuner
  • Publication number: 20070029510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gantry system for a particle therapy facility, having a beam guidance gantry which has elements for beam guidance, and having a measurement gantry which has a device for beam monitoring. The measurement gantry and beam guidance gantry are thus of a mutually independent design and are, in particular, arranged in a mutually concentric manner. A gantry system of this kind is inter alia less susceptible to mechanical deviations during rotation of the beam guidance gantry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Klaus Hermann, Werner Kaiser, Andres Sommer, Torsten Zeuner