US Patent Issued to INTRAOP MEDICAL on Aug. 11 for "Electron beam radiation system with collision detection functionality" (Virginia, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,868, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to INTRAOP MEDICAL Corp..

"Electron beam radiation system with collision detection functionality" was invented by Richard L. Johnson (Suffolk, Va.) and Michael F. Turk (Porter Ranch, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of electron beam machines, such as linear straight through machines, and methods used for therapeutic uses. More particularly, the present invention relates to electron beam machines that incorporate a rotary coupling system to easily attach and manually or automatically rotate field defining members such as applicators and/or shields to ...