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US 2003/0149400 A1Published application
Miniature x-ray unit
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsMichael S. Banik, Marcia McBride Sakal
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Abstract
An x-ray catheter being a tapered head can penetrate tumors and deliver x-rays direct from an x-ray source therein to the target tissue, reducing or eliminating irradiation of healthy tissue.
Claims10
An x-ray device comprising:
- a catheter having distal end and proximal end, the distal end being tapered to a point and having an x-ray source therein, said tapered point capable of penetrating tissue upon application of sufficient force.
An x-ray device comprising;
- a pointed x-ray shielded head having an x-ray transparent window therein;
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- an x-ray source provided within said head adjacent to the x-ray transparent window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.