Selector for remote medical element postioning
AssigneeNucletron Operations B.V.
InventorsFrits Pieter De Vries, Luuk Schouten, Aalt Jacob Welgraven
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AssigneeNucletron Operations B.V.
InventorsFrits Pieter De Vries, Luuk Schouten, Aalt Jacob Welgraven
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The invention relates to a medical device for transporting and positioning a therapeutic emitting element into a treatment channel to be temporarily placed in or at the body of the patient to treat tumours. The therapeutic emitting element is connected to a transport element and which is driven by at least one drive motor. The device has a connecting element comprising multiple connector openings. The connecting element is used for connecting a transport tube to a respective connector opening. The transport tube is connected to an applicator, needle, tube or catheter for driving the transport element into the treatment channel. The device has a selector mechanism through which the plurality of transport elements are driven. An annular guiding arrangement guides the transport elements into connector openings in the connecting element. The annular guiding arrangement also comprises a plurality of spaced outlets. The inlets of the multiple patterns are each connected to an outlet by guiding channels. Each outlet aligns to a connector opening in the connecting element to allow the transport element from each outlet to be driven into the connector openings.
A device for transporting and positioning at least one emitting element for therapeutic application into at least one treatment channel to be temporarily placed in or at a body of a patient, the device comprising:
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