IP Library Granted Patent US 12,090,342
Granted Patent B2
US 12,090,342 · App. 18/219,619 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

Radiotherapy methods, systems, and workflow-oriented graphical user interfaces

Inventors: Filip Vojan (Palo Alto, CA); Brian Spatola (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
A61N5/1049A61N5/103A61N5/1048A61N5/1081A61N2005/1059A61N5/1067A61N2005/1074
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Patent No.
US 12,090,342
App. No.
18/219,619
Granted
Sep 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises presenting, by the server for display on a screen associated with a radiotherapy machine, a series of consecutive graphical user interfaces, wherein each graphical user interface displays one or more graphical components corresponding to one or more tasks of one or more stages of a patient's radiotherapy treatment; and when a user operating the pendant interacts with a first controller of the pendant, the radiotherapy machine adjusts at least one of its configurations; and when the user interacts with a second controller of the pendant, the server revises the graphical user interface corresponding to the user's input.

Claims (26)

1. A pendant having a processor in communication with a radiotherapy machine and a computer, the pendant comprising:

a controller configured to receive an input from a user, whereby when the computer receives the input, the computer revises a graphical user interface displayed on a screen associated with the radiotherapy machine to cause the graphical user interface to transition from a first page to a second page, each page corresponding to a respective stage of a radiotherapy treatment.

2. The pendant of claim 1 , wherein the screen is located on a gantry of the radiotherapy machine.

3. The pendant of claim 1 , wherein the controller is a touch pad.

4. The pendant of claim 1 , wherein the controller is a button.

5. The pendant of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a camera associated with the radiotherapy machine.

6. The pendant of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to adjust at least one of an orientation or a position of at least one of a couch or a gantry of the radiotherapy machine.

7. A method comprising:

presenting, by a server for display on a screen associated with a radiotherapy machine, a series of consecutive graphical user interfaces, wherein each graphical user interface displays a plurality of pages corresponding to one or more tasks of one or more stages of a patient's radiotherapy treatment; and

when a user operating a pendant interacts with a controller of the pendant, causing, by the server the graphical user interface to transition from a first page to a second page.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the controller comprises a touch pad.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the controller comprises at least one button.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising adjusting, by the server, at least one configuration of the radiotherapy machine based on an input received from the pendant.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second page corresponds to a subsequent stage of the first page.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the screen is located on a gantry of the radiotherapy machine.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein revising the graphical user interface corresponding to the user's input further comprises displaying adjustment data associated with a couch of the radiotherapy machine.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising revising, by the server, the displayed adjustment data based on the user interacting with the pendant to adjust the couch.

15. The method of claim 7 , wherein the graphical user interface comprises displaying adjustment data associated with the patient.

16. The method of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a camera associated with the radiotherapy machine.

17. A system comprising:

a server comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

display on a screen associated with a radiotherapy machine, a series of consecutive graphical user interfaces, wherein each graphical user interface displays one or more graphical components corresponding to one or more tasks of one or more stages of a patient's radiotherapy treatment; and

when the user interacts with a controller of a pendant, revise the graphical user interface corresponding to the user's input.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the controller comprises a touch pad.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the controller comprises at least one button.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to adjust at least one configuration of the radiotherapy machine based on an input received from the pendant.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2023
From: VOJAN, FILIP; SPATOLA, BRIAN
To: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 17138296 · Dec 30, 2020
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