ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,570, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Best Theratronics Ltd. (Canada).

"70 MeV to 150 MeV cyclotron dedicated for medical treatment including a robotic chair/table" was invented by Krishnan Suthanthiran (Lorton, Va.), Manny Subramanian (Frederick, Md.), Toby Henderson (Rockford, Ill.), Vasile Sabaiduc (Richmond, Canada), Richard Johnson (Vancouver, Canada), Leandro Piazza (Vancouver, Canada) and Vladimir Ryjkov (Burnaby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A proton cyclotron is provided for dedicated use in head, neck and eye cancers, tumors or other medical conditions including pediatric and other cancers or medical conditions. ...