ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,782, issued on April 14, was assigned to NEUBORON THERAPY SYSTEM LTD. (Xiamen, China).
"Boron neutron capture therapy system and treatment plan generation method therefor" was invented by Yi-chiao Teng (Xiamen, China) and Jiang Chen (Xiamen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) system includes a neutron beam irradiation device, a treatment planning module, and a control module. The neutron beam irradiation device is used to generate a therapeutic neutron beam during irradiation therapy and irradiate same to an irradiated body that has ingested a boron (10B)-containing drug so as to form an irra...