Radioactive condujit and method for in vivo treatment of tumors
OwnerArnold M. Herskovicinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a system for the in vivo treatment of diseased tissue, the system comprising a first longitudinally extending surface and a second longitudinally extending surface coaxial to the first longitudinally extending surface to form a medicament carrying vehicle, wherein the vehicle defines a tunnel adapted to allow physiological fluid to pass through the vehicle. Also provided is method for treating, in vivo, diseased tissue, the method comprising inserting a housing into a tumor excision site and removably sliding a medicament vehicle within the vehicle so as to be encapsulated by the housing.
Claims20
A system for the in vivo treatment of diseased tissue, the system comprising a first longitudinally extending surface and a second longitudinally extending surface coaxial to the first longitudinally extending surface to form a medicament carrying vehicle, wherein the vehicle defines a tunnel adapted to allow physiological fluid to pass through the vehicle.
A method for treating diseased tissue, the method comprising:
- a) inserting a hollow medicament containing carrier into a physiological lumen,
- b) contacting the carrier to medially facing surfaces of the lumen;
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- c) heating the carrier.
A device for the in situ treatment of cancerous tissue, the device comprising a sleeve and a medicament supporting vehicle adapted to be removably received by sleeve, wherein the housing supports high z material on an exterior surface and the vehicle supports radioactive material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.