ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,174, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ADAPTIIV MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Halifax, Canada).
"Immobilization devices for radiation therapy" was invented by James L. Robar (Halifax, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices are provided for fabricating and employing patient immobilization devices during radiation treatment procedures. Immobilization devices are provided that include a thin conformal shell configured to conform to an anatomical region of a patient that is to be exposed to radiation during a radiation treatment procedure, with a rigid lattice structure extending outwardly, in an external, beam-facing di...