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US 2020/0047001 A1Published application
Customizable radioactive carriers and loading system
AssigneeGt Medical Techologies, Inc.
InventorsPeter Nakaji, David Brachman, Heyoung McBride, Emad Youssef, Theresa Thomas
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Abstract
Carriers for embodying radioactive seeds, as well as a device for loading and customizing brachytherapy carriers based on the principles of optimizing a more precise and predictable dosimetry, and adaptable to the geometric challenges of a tumor bed in a real-time setting. The present disclosure relates to a specialized loading device designed to enable a medical team to create a radionuclide carrier for each patient and tumor reliably, reproducibly and efficiently.
Claims16
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A method comprising:
- providing a loading device having a support surface sized to receive a biocompatible material and at least one side wall including at least one guide channel sized and configured to direct a guide tool;
- positioning the biocompatible material on the support surface;
- inserting the guide tool through at least one of the at least one guide channel and into the biocompatible material;
- and
- moving a radionuclide source into the biocompatible material to embed the radionuclide source into the biocompatible material.
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A treatment system comprising:
- a biocompatible material;
- a radionuclide source;
- a guide tool;
- and
- a loading device having a support surface sized to receive the biocompatible material, and at least one side wall including at least one guide channel sized and configured to direct the guide tool into the biocompatible material positioned on the support surface, moving the radionuclide source into the biocompatible material.
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A treatment device comprising:
- a biocompatible material configured to hold a radioactive source in a precise location relative to a treatment area of mammalian tissue, the biocompatible material having a first surface and an opposing second surface;
- wherein one of the first surface or the second surface includes a textural feature usable to distinguish between the first and second surfaces such that the biocompatible material may be placed near the treatment area at a desired orientation with reference to first and second surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.