Compact Beam Transport System for Multi-Room Particle Therapy Facility

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This invention introduces a compact, rotating beamline system that allows a single particle beam source to deliver proton or ion therapy to multiple treatment rooms arranged in a circle. By rotating the beamline system rather than using traditional stationary approaches, the design significantly reduces the number of required components and equipment, thereby cutting costs and optimizing space usage in multi-room particle therapy facilities.

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• Proton or ion beam therapy centers treating different cancer patients simultaneously in multiple rooms.
• Hospitals wanting to expand patient throughput for particle therapy without major increases in facility size or capital investments.
• New or retrofitted cancer treatment centers seeking more efficient, cost-effective, and scalable particle therapy solutions.
• Research facilities investigating advanced multi-room particle therapy delivery systems.

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• Reduces investment and operational costs for building and running a multi-room particle therapy center.
• Dramatically decreases the size and complexity of the beamline infrastructure required for multiple treatment rooms.
• Enables higher patient throughput by allowing up to twelve treatment rooms to share one beam delivery system.
• Simplifies maintenance and reduces the number of power supplies, magnets, and cooling systems needed.
• Frees up valuable hospital or facility space by minimizing the system footprint.
• Shortens the time needed to switch the beam between treatment rooms, increasing efficiency.

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The present invention is related to a particle therapy apparatus used for particle therapy. More particularly, this invention relates to a compact rotating beamline to deliver the proton beam to multiple treatment rooms. The present invention shows a compact rotating beamline for particle therapy. This invention provides a way to reduce the beamline components while maximising the number of treatment rooms. As a result, it significantly reduces the investment cost of the multi-room facility and increases patient throughput.