Modular brachytherapy applicator
AssigneeNucletron Operations B.V.
InventorsJan Willem VAN MANEN, Eylem ARIKAN, Wilko VAN ERP
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure may be drawn to brachytherapy applicators. Exemplary applicators may include an interstitial tube having a body with a proximal end and a distal end and a central conduit extending from the distal end of the body, wherein the central conduit includes a proximal opening, a distal opening, and a channel extending from the proximal opening to the distal opening, and wherein the proximal opening is offset from an axis of the body. The proximal opening may be configured to fluidly connect to a brachytherapy guide tube, and the channel of the central conduit may be dimensioned to receive at least one of a needle or a catheter therethrough.
Claims20
A brachytherapy applicator comprising:
- an interstitial tube including a body having a body proximal end and a body distal end;
- a first connector coupled to the body between the body proximal end and the body distal end;
- a first ovoid tube having a first ovoid positioned at a distal end of the first ovoid tube, wherein the first ovoid tube is coupled to the first connector and is positioned toward a first lateral side of the interstitial tube;
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- a second ovoid tube having a second ovoid located at a distal end of the second ovoid tube, wherein the second ovoid tube is coupled to the first connector and is positioned toward a second lateral side of the interstitial tube opposite the first lateral side;
- wherein at least one of the first ovoid tube and the second ovoid tube is moveable relative to the first connector when coupled to the first connector to alter a lateral distance between the first ovoid and the second ovoid.
A brachytherapy applicator comprising:
- an interstitial tube including a body having a body proximal end and a body distal end;
- a first connector coupled to the body between the body proximal end and the body distal end;
- a first ovoid tube having a first ovoid positioned at a distal end of the first ovoid tube, wherein the first ovoid tube is coupled to the first connector and is positioned toward a first lateral side of the interstitial tube;
- a second ovoid tube having a second ovoid located at a distal end of the second ovoid tube, wherein the second ovoid tube is coupled to the first connector and is positioned toward a second lateral side of the interstitial tube opposite the first lateral side;
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- a rectal retractor coupled to the first connector and positioned below the interstitial tube, wherein the rectal retractor extends from the first connector toward the first ovoid and second ovoid.
A brachytherapy applicator comprising:
- an interstitial tube including a body having a body proximal end and a body distal end;
- a first connector coupled to the body between the body proximal end and the body distal end;
- a first ovoid tube having a first ovoid positioned at a distal end of the first ovoid tube, wherein the first ovoid tube is coupled to the first connector and is positioned toward a first lateral side of the interstitial tube;
- a second ovoid tube having a second ovoid located at a distal end of the second ovoid tube, wherein the second ovoid tube is coupled to the first connector and is positioned toward a second lateral side of the interstitial tube opposite the first lateral side;
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- a rectal retractor coupled to a protrusion extending downwardly from the first connector, wherein the rectal retractor is positioned below the interstitial tube and extends from the first connector toward the first ovoid and second ovoid;
- wherein the first ovoid tube and the second ovoid tube are configured to rotate relative to the first connector when coupled to the first connector to alter a lateral distance between the first ovoid and the second ovoid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.