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US 2022/0296738 A1Published application
Custom brachytherapy carriers
AssigneeGt Medical Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDavid Brachman, John Baker, Heidi Cole, Adam Turner
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Abstract
A carrier having one or more non-planar surfaces may be embedded with one or more radioactive seeds. A spherical carrier may be substantially radially symmetrical around an axis or a spherical carrier may include a non-spherical portion, such as a tapered portion that extends from a spherical portion.
Claims14
A radioactive seed carrier comprising:
- a substantially radially symmetrical body around an axis consisting essentially of a bio-resorbable material, where a diameter of the body is in the range of about one to seven centimeters;
- and
- one or more radioactive seeds positioned within the body, the one or more radioactive seeds comprising a radioactive emitting radiation configured to kill living cells;
- wherein the seed carrier is capable of compression.
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A radioactive seed carrier comprising:
- a substantially radially symmetrical body around an axis consisting essentially of a bio-resorbable material;
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- one or more radioactive seeds positioned within the body, the one or more radioactive seeds comprising a radioactive material emitting radiation configured to kill living cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.