Remote control and remote monitoring infrastructure for proton beam emitting and delivery system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12011614-B2
Application number	US-202117327576-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2021
Priority date	May 21, 2021
Publication date	Jun 18, 2024
Grant date	Jun 18, 2024

Abstract

A remote diagnostic monitoring and control of physical components of a particle accelerator system has a particle emitting system located at a first physical site and includes one or more particle emitting system components to operate the particle emitting system, a particle delivery system located at the first physical site and including one or more particle delivery system components to operate the particle delivery system, a particle system gateway located at the first physical site and operatively coupled to the particle emitting system components and the particle delivery system components by a first network interface, and a diagnostic monitoring system located at a second physical site remote from the first physical site, operatively coupled to the particle system gateway by a second network interface, and operable to monitor one or more first operating states corresponding to one or more of the particle emitting system components and one or more second operating states corresponding to one or more of the particle delivery system components, and a diagnostic control system located at the second physical site, operatively coupled to the particle system gateway by a third network interface, and operable to modify one or more of the first operating states of the one or more particle emitting system components and the second operating states the one or more particle delivery system components.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for remote diagnostic monitoring and control of physical components of a particle accelerator system, the system comprising:
a particle emitting system located at a first physical site and including one or more particle emitting system components to operate the particle emitting system;
a particle delivery system located at the first physical site and including one or more particle delivery system components to operate the particle delivery system;
a particle system gateway located at the first physical site and operatively coupled to the particle emitting system components and the particle delivery system components by a first network interface; and
a diagnostic monitoring system located at a second physical site remote from the first physical site, operatively coupled to the particle system gateway by a second network interface, and operable to monitor one or more first operating states corresponding to one or more of the particle emitting system components and one or more second operating states corresponding to one or more of the particle delivery system components; and
a diagnostic control system located at the second physical site, operatively coupled to the particle system gateway by a third network interface, and operable to modify one or more of the first operating states of the one or more particle emitting system components and the second operating states the one or more particle delivery system components.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the particle system gateway further comprises:
a component detector configured to perform a component detection operation to detect one or more of the particle emitting system components present at the particle emitting system and one or more of the particle delivery system components present at the particle delivery system.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the component detector is further configured to perform the component detection operation during initialization of one or more of the particle system gateway, the particle emitting system, and the particle delivery system.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the component detector is further configured to perform the component detection operation by interrogating one or more of the particle emitting system components and one or more of the particle delivery system components.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the particle system gateway further comprises:
an interlock processor configured to perform a component dependency operation to identify at least one particle system device including at least one included particle system component,
wherein the particle system component includes at least one of the particle emitting system components present at the particle emitting system, or at least one of the particle delivery system components present at the particle delivery system.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the diagnostic control system further comprises:
an interlock controller configured to perform a component interlock operation to associate an interlock operating state with the particle system device, the interlock state based on a component operating state of the particle system component and an interlock condition,
wherein the component operating state corresponds to at least one of the first operating states and the second operating states.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the interlock condition comprises an instruction to modify the device operating state to correspond to the component operating state.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the device operating state and the component operating state comprise a fault state.

9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second particle delivery system located at the first physical site and including one or more second particle delivery system components to operate the second particle delivery system independently of the first particle delivery system,
wherein the particle system gateway is further operatively coupled to the second particle delivery system components by the first network interface.

10. The system of claim 2 , wherein the diagnostic monitoring system is further operable to monitor one or more third operating states corresponding to one or more of the second particle emitting system components, and the diagnostic control system is further operable to modify one or more of the third operating states.

11. A method for remote diagnostic monitoring and control of physical components of a particle accelerator system, the method comprising:
obtaining, by at least one processor at a second physical site, from a particle system gateway located at a first physical site, a detection of one or more particle emitting system components present at a particle emitting system located at the first physical site and including one or more of the particle emitting system components to operate the particle emitting system;
obtaining, by the at least one processor, from the particle system gateway, a detection of one or more particle delivery system components present at a particle delivery system located at the first physical site and including one or more of the particle delivery system components to operate the particle delivery system;
monitoring, by the at least one processor, one or more first operating states corresponding to one or more of the particle emitting system components and one or more second operating states corresponding to one or more of the particle delivery system components; and
transmitting, by the at least one processor, one or more of one or more first modified operating states based on one or more of the first operating states of the one or more particle emitting system components, and one or more second modified operating states based on one or more of the second operating states of the one or more particle delivery system components,
wherein the particle system gateway is operatively coupled to the particle emitting system components and the particle delivery system components by a first network interface,
wherein the diagnostic monitoring system is located at a second physical site remote from the first physical site and is operatively coupled to the particle system gateway by a second network interface, and
wherein the diagnostic control system is located at the second physical site and is operatively coupled to the particle system gateway by a third network interface.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
identifying, by the at least one processor, at least one particle system device including at least one included particle system component,
wherein the particle system component includes at least one of the particle emitting system components present at the particle emitting system, or at least one of the particle delivery system components present at the particle delivery system.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
associating, by the at least one processor, an interlock operating state with the particle system device,
wherein the interlock state is based on a component operating state of the particle system component and an interlock condition, and the component operating state corresponds to at least one of the first operating states and the second operating states.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the interlock condition comprises an instruction to modify the device operating state to correspond to the component operating state.

Assignees

• Varian Med Sys Inc

Inventors

• Forbes Brian
• Rumley Joel
• Tariq Imran
• Grossimon Eric
• Morse Brian

Classifications

• A61B6/548

  Remote control of the apparatus or devices · CPC title

• A61B6/563

  involving image data transmission via a network · CPC title

• A61N2005/1087

  Ions; Protons · CPC title

• A61N5/1079

  Sharing a beam by multiple treatment stations · CPC title

• A61N2005/1074

  Details of the control system, e.g. user interfaces · CPC title