PHYSICISTS RECEIVE PATENT FOR IMPROVED CANCER THERAPY DEVICE
November 24, 2008
November 24, 2008
UPTON, N.Y., Nov. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following press release:
Four physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,432,516 B2 for the design of a "medical synchrotron" capable of delivering precision doses of proton radiation to cancerous tumors with minimal damage to surrounding healthy tissue. The new device would be more precise and less . . .
Four physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,432,516 B2 for the design of a "medical synchrotron" capable of delivering precision doses of proton radiation to cancerous tumors with minimal damage to surrounding healthy tissue. The new device would be more precise and less . . .