US 2023/0146314 A1 · ENDORECTAL PROBE DEVICE FOR EFFECTING RADIATION TREATMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCEROUS TISSUE IN THE RECTUM OF A HUMAN OR ANIMAL SUBJECT

Abstract

The invention relates to the radiation treatment of colorectal cancerous tissue in the rectum of a human or animal subject. In particular the invention relates to an endorectal probe device for effecting radiation treatment of colorectal cancerous tissue in the rectum of a human or animal subject. Furthermore the invention relates to an afterloading apparatus for effecting radiation treatment of colorectal cancerous tissue in the rectum of a human or animal subject using an endorectal probe device according to the invention. Moreover the invention relates to a method for effecting radiation treatment of colorectal cancerous tissue in the rectum of a human or animal subject, wherein the method implements the endorectal probe device according to the invention.

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Facts

Application

18/047,070Filed 17 Oct 2022

Priority

EP 16204735.116 Dec 2016

Published

11 May 2023

Term ends

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Classification10 codes

A61N 5/1002
Using radiation sources introduced into or applied onto the body; brachytherapy: intraluminal radiation therapy
A61N 5/1014
Using radiation sources introduced into or applied onto the body; brachytherapy: intracavitary radiation therapy
A61N 5/1007
Using radiation sources introduced into or applied onto the body; brachytherapy: arrangements or means for the introduction of sources into the body
A61B 2018/005
Digestive system: rectum

Endorectal probe device for effecting radiation treatment of colorectal cancerous tissue in the rectum of a human or animal subject

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Endorectal probe device for effecting radiation treatment of colorectal cancerous tissue in the rectum of a human or animal subject

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Abstract

Claims21