Inventor
ZWART GERRIT TOWNSEND
US25 patents
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MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
24 patentsUS8791656B1Jul 29, 2014
Active return system
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC71 citations98
US10258810B2Apr 16, 2019
Particle beam scanning
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC44 citations97
US9301384B2Mar 29, 2016
Adjusting energy of a particle beam
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC39 citations93
US9155186B2Oct 6, 2015
Focusing a particle beam using magnetic field flutter
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC40 citations93
US8927950B2Jan 6, 2015
Focusing a particle beam
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC44 citations93
US9185789B2Nov 10, 2015
Magnetic shims to alter magnetic fields
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC35 citations92
US8970137B2Mar 3, 2015
Interrupted particle source
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC27 citations92
US9962560B2May 8, 2018
Collimator and energy degrader
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC16 citations84
US11103730B2Aug 31, 2021
Automated treatment in particle therapy
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC7 citations83
US10786689B2Sep 29, 2020
Adaptive aperture
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC5 citations83
US9730308B2Aug 8, 2017
Particle accelerator that produces charged particles having variable energies
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC17 citations83
US9622335B2Apr 11, 2017
Magnetic field regenerator
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC14 citations83
US10675487B2Jun 9, 2020
Energy degrader enabling high-speed energy switching
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC16 citations82
US9723705B2Aug 1, 2017
Controlling intensity of a particle beam
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC11 citations82
US10646728B2May 12, 2020
Adaptive aperture
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC3 citations72
US10456591B2Oct 29, 2019
Particle beam scanning
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC2 citations72
US10368429B2Jul 30, 2019
Magnetic field regenerator
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC3 citations72
US9706636B2Jul 11, 2017
Adjusting energy of a particle beam
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC4 citations71
US10925147B2Feb 16, 2021
Treatment planning
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC3 citations68
US11786754B2Oct 17, 2023
Adaptive aperture
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC0 citations62
US11213697B2Jan 4, 2022
Adaptive aperture
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC0 citations62
US12245355B2Mar 4, 2025
Gantry for a particle therapy system
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC0 citations59
US12150235B2Nov 19, 2024
Treatment planning
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC0 citations57
USRE48317ENov 17, 2020
Interrupted particle source
MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC0 citations52