US Patent Issued to SRIORT on May 26 for "Intra-operative radiation therapy capsule with cylindrical shell radiation containment shutter system" (Maryland, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,519, issued on May 26, was assigned to SRIORT LLC (Ellicott City, Md.).

"Intra-operative radiation therapy capsule with cylindrical shell radiation containment shutter system" was invented by Walter A. Roberts (Jasper, Ind.) and Brooke Schumm III (Ellicott City, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention proposes a capsule to administer radiation to a patient to be mounted on an arm, preferably a robotic arm such as on and in coordination with a Da Vinci(R) Surgical Robot, in order to control radiation exposure using a cylindrical shell shutter system designed to minimize leakage from a centrally located radiation source, while...