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US 4,754,745 AGranted
Conformable sheet material for use in brachytherapy
OwnerBruce S. Horowitzinventor
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Abstract
A delivery system for brachytherapy comprising a conformable sheet of material which is absorbable in living tissue and a plurality of radioactive seeds in a predetermined array within the sheet. In one form, the sheet is a continuous flexible film in which the seeds are positioned in a predetermined array and which film can be sutured or stapled in place on the surface of a tumor area.
Claims6
A delivery system for brachytherapy comprising:
- a conformable continuous sheet made of an organic plastic material which is absorbable in living tissue, said sheet being flexible in all directions such that it can be conformed to a non-planar surface to be treated, and a plurality of spaced radioactive seeds, each seed being non-absorbable, being fixed by, and completely encapsulated within said sheet material to form a predetermined fixed, two dimensional array of discrete, spaced, predetermined distribution of radioactive seeds such that the sheet can be conformed to a surface to be treated and sutured in place.
A method for brachytherapy comprising:
- exposing a tumor by proper surgical technique, determining the configuration of the tumor, and the desired location of radioactive sources, providing a conformable sheet material which is absorbable in living tissue and has the desired fixed, spaced, discrete, and predetermined distribution of radioactive sources completely embedded in said sheet material, and which is of the appropriate size for the tumor, conforming the sheet to the non-planar surface to be treated, fastening the sheet material in place adjacent the tumor, and closing the surgical incision.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.