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US 2022/0015989 A1Published application
Apparatus for delivery of radioembolization microspheres
AssigneeSirtex Medical Limited
InventorsJesse DRAKE, Justin MCCARTHY, David PARROTT, Joshua ROSE, Patrick T. THRAILKILL, Charlotte A. GALLAGHER, Kate CUTULI, Diana SULAS
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods for embolization of a patient includes vials for containing radiomicrospheres including inclined and domed base are described. Apparatus for delivering the microspheres from the vials to a patient for radioembolization are also described.
Claims20
A vial comprising;
- a bottom interior surface at least a portion of which has an incline angle to a horizontal plane greater than 0 degrees and a cylindrical interior wall substantially perpendicular to the horizontal plane and meeting the bottom interior surface, wherein the bottom surface and cylindrical wall form a container for containing a liquid;
- an outlet channel for fluid flow out of the vial through the cylindrical wall;
- an inlet channel for fluid flow into the vial through the cylindrical wall, the inlet channel defining a direction vector of fluid flow, wherein the direction vector is oriented at a first predefined angle with respect to the horizontal plane and oriented at a second predefined angle with respect to a line tangent to the cylindrical interior wall such that fluid flowing in through the inlet channel causes an upwardly moving fluid vortex to be created in the vial.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.