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US 12,324,087 · App. 18/334,808 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Beam equipment controlling system and beam equipment controlling method

Inventors: Chih-Chung Lin (Zhubei, TW); Siao-Cing Liou (Zhubei, TW); Shan-Haw Chiou (Zhubei, TW)
Assignee: HERON NEUTRON MEDICAL CORP.
H05H7/06A61N5/1048A61N5/1078H05H13/005A61N2005/1087A61N2005/109
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Patent No.
US 12,324,087
App. No.
18/334,808
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A beam equipment controlling method is provided. The method includes: proton beam regulatory steps, including: generating a first proton beam after confirming that the generating conditions are met, and marking the proton beam regulatory steps as completed after confirming that the first proton beam meets the specifications; neutron beam regulatory steps, including: generating a first neutron beam after confirming that the proton beam regulatory steps are completed and the generating conditions are met, confirming that the first neutron beam meets specifications, and marking the neutron beam regulatory steps as completed after turning off the cyclotron system; and treatment regulatory steps, including: generating a second neutron beam after confirming that the neutron beam regulatory steps are completed and the treatment-beam generating conditions are met, confirming that the second neutron beam meets treatment needs; and marking the treatment regulatory steps as completed after turning off the cyclotron system.

Claims (44)

1. A beam equipment controlling system for controlling a cyclotron system, the beam equipment controlling system comprises:

a storage device, configured to store a treatment controlling application program;

at least one processor, configured to execute the treatment controlling application program to implement following modules:

a proton beam regulatory module, performing following steps when the proton beam regulatory module is implemented:

determining whether to allow the cyclotron system to generate a first proton beam; and

after confirming that the first proton beam meets first proton beam specifications, making the cyclotron system stop outputting the first proton beam and marking that a proton beam regulatory step has been completed;

a neutron beam regulatory module, performing following steps when the neutron beam regulatory module is implemented:

after confirming that the proton beam regulatory step is marked as completed and that a state of the cyclotron system meets neutron-beam generating conditions, allowing the cyclotron system to generate a first neutron beam;

confirming that the first neutron beam meets first neutron beam specifications; and

after making the cyclotron system stop outputting the first neutron beam, marking that a neutron beam regulatory step has been completed; and

a treatment regulatory module, performing following steps when the treatment regulatory module is implemented:

after confirming that the neutron beam regulatory step is marked as completed and that a state of the cyclotron system meets treatment-beam generating conditions, ordering the cyclotron system to generate a second neutron beam;

confirming whether the second neutron beam meets treatment needs; and

after making the cyclotron system stop outputting the second neutron beam, marking that a treatment regulatory step has been completed.

2. The beam equipment controlling system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

proton-beam generating conditions for the cyclotron system to generate the first proton beam comprise: a first Faraday cup is turned on, and a second Faraday cup is turned off;

the neutron-beam generating conditions for the cyclotron system to generate the first neutron beam comprise: the first Faraday cup is turned on, and the second Faraday cup is turned on; and

the treatment-beam generating conditions for the cyclotron system to generate the second neutron beam comprise: the first Faraday cup is turned on, and the second Faraday cup is turned on.

3. The beam equipment controlling system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the proton beam regulatory module confirming that the first proton beam meets the first proton beam specifications comprises confirming whether measurement results of a first beam profile monitor and a second beam profile monitor meet the first proton beam specifications.

4. The beam equipment controlling system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a the proton beam regulatory module confirming that the first proton beam meets the first proton beam specifications comprises confirming whether a current value of a first continuous wave current transformer and a current value of a second continuous wave current transformer meet the first proton beam specifications.

5. The beam equipment controlling system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the neutron beam regulatory module confirming that the first neutron beam meets the first neutron beam specifications comprises confirming whether a measurement result of a neutron intensity detector meets the first neutron beam specifications.

6. The beam equipment controlling system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the treatment regulatory module confirming whether the second neutron beam meets treatment needs comprises confirming whether a neutron counting rate of the cyclotron system meets a preset neutron number condition.

7. The beam equipment controlling system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the proton beam regulatory module confirms whether safety conditions are met before the beam equipment controlling system allows the proton beam to be generated.

8. A beam equipment controlling method for controlling a cyclotron system, the beam equipment controlling method comprises:

proton beam regulatory steps, comprising:

determining whether to allow the cyclotron system to generate a first proton beam; and

after confirming that the first proton beam meets first proton beam specifications, making the cyclotron system stop outputting the first proton beam and marking that the proton beam regulatory steps have been completed;

neutron beam regulatory steps, comprising:

after confirming that the proton beam regulatory steps are marked as completed and that a state of the cyclotron system meets neutron-beam generating conditions, allowing the cyclotron system to generate a first neutron beam;

confirming that the first neutron beam meets first neutron beam specifications; and

after making the cyclotron system stop outputting the first neutron beam, marking that the neutron beam regulatory steps have been completed; and

treatment regulatory steps, comprising:

after confirming that the neutron beam regulatory steps are marked as completed and that a state of the cyclotron system meets treatment-beam generating conditions, ordering the cyclotron system to generate a second neutron beam;

confirming whether the second neutron beam meets treatment needs; and

after making the cyclotron system stop outputting the second neutron beam, marking that the treatment regulatory steps have been completed.

9. The beam equipment controlling method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:

proton-beam generating conditions for the cyclotron system to generate the first proton beam comprise: a first Faraday cup is turned on, and a second Faraday cup is turned off;

the neutron-beam generating conditions for the cyclotron system to generate the first neutron beam comprise: the first Faraday cup is turned on, and the second Faraday cup is turned on; and

the treatment-beam generating conditions for the cyclotron system to generate the second neutron beam comprise: the first Faraday cup is turned on, and the second Faraday cup is turned on.

10. The beam equipment controlling method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the confirming that the first proton beam meets the first proton beam specifications comprises confirming whether measurement results of a first beam profile monitor and a second beam profile monitor meet the first proton beam specifications.

11. The beam equipment controlling method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the confirming that the first proton beam meets the first proton beam specifications comprises confirming whether a current value of a first continuous wave current transformer and a current value of a second continuous wave current transformer meet the first proton beam specifications.

12. The beam equipment controlling method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the confirming that the first neutron beam meets the first neutron beam specifications comprises confirming whether a measurement result of a neutron intensity detector meets the first neutron beam specifications.

13. The beam equipment controlling method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the confirming whether the second neutron beam meets treatment needs comprises confirming whether a neutron counting rate of the cyclotron system meets a preset neutron counting rate.

14. The beam equipment controlling method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein during the proton beam regulatory steps, a confirmation is made as to whether safety conditions are met before allowing the cyclotron system to generate the first neutron beam.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2023
From: LIN, CHIH-CHUNG; LIOU, SIAO-CING; CHIOU, SHAN-HAW
To: HERON NEUTRON MEDICAL CORP.
Reel/Frame 063996/0557 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 112103962 · Feb 4, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240268015A1 · Aug 8, 2024
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