PATIENT IMMOBILIZATION AND REPOSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH CHARGED PARTICLE CANCER THERAPY
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1. An apparatus for positioning a tumor of a patient for treatment with charged particles, comprising:
- a patient positioning system, comprising an upper body support, wherein said upper body support comprises a semi-upright patient support surface;
a charged particle irradiation system comprising a charged particle beam path, said charged particle beam path passing within about six inches of said semi-upright patient support surface.
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Abstract
This invention relates generally to treatment of solid cancers. More particularly, the invention relates to a computer controlled patient positioning, immobilization, and repositioning method and apparatus used in conjunction with multi-field charged particle cancer therapy coordinated with patient respiration patterns and further in combination with charged particle beam injection, acceleration, extraction, and/or targeting methods and apparatus.
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1. An apparatus for positioning a tumor of a patient for treatment with charged particles, comprising:
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a patient positioning system, comprising an upper body support, wherein said upper body support comprises a semi-upright patient support surface; a charged particle irradiation system comprising a charged particle beam path, said charged particle beam path passing within about six inches of said semi-upright patient support surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for positioning a tumor of a patient for treatment with charged particles, comprising the steps of:
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positioning the patient with a patient positioning system, said patient positioning system comprising an upper body support, wherein said upper body support comprises a semi-upright patient support surface; irradiating the tumor of the patient with the charged particles from a charged particle system, said charged particle system comprising a charged particle beam path, said charge particle beam path passing within about six inches of said semi-upright patient support surface, wherein the charged particles travel along said charged particle beam path to the tumor of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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12. The method of claim 27, wherein said semi-upright patient support surface comprises a reclined position from a vertical axis of less than about sixty-five degrees.
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13. The method of claim 27, further comprising the steps of:
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said patient positioning system semi-restraining movement of the patient using at least three of; a motorized torso positioning system; a motorized head positioning system; a motorized arm positioning system; a motorized back positioning system; and a motorized foot positioning system; and recalling from a computer memory individualized motor positions for any of; said motorized torso positioning system; said motorized head positioning system; said motorized arm positioning system; said motorized back positioning system; and said motorized foot positioning system. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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