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7604586 |
Radioactive therapeutic apparatus
A method and device for applying a radioactive source to a tissue site is disclosed. The device facilitates the precise placement of, for example, 125 Iodine seeds relative to the surgical margin,...
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7601113 |
Brachytherapy apparatus and methods of using same
Apparatus, systems and methods for delivering brachytherapy to a target tissue region of a human or other mammalian body. In some embodiments, a flexible brachytherapy device is implanted that...
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7588528 |
Brachytherapy apparatus for dispensing medication
An applicator system for interstitial radiation therapy that uses a brachytherapy needle assembly for simultaneously dispensing an effective amount of medicine, such as anti-inflammatory agents,...
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7578780 |
Brachytherapy applicator for delivery and assessment of low-level ionizing radiation therapy and methods of use
Applicators for ionizing radiation therapy and their methods of use are provided for expedient preparation of precise treatment plans and for quantitative assessment of therapy delivered to natural...
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7563223 |
Tumescent skin spacing method
A method for increasing the distance between outer surface of tissue proximate to a surgical extraction site and a patient's sensitive body tissues comprising the infusion of a solution at a...
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7563222 |
Methods and apparatus for intraocular brachytherapy
A method for performing intraocular brachytherapy and an apparatus for performing the same is disclosed. The apparatus preferably comprises a hand-held delivery device that advances a radiation...
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7556596 |
Adaptive intracavitary brachytherapy applicator
The invention is a novel adaptive CT-compatible brachytherapy applicator with remotely-controlled radial and longitudinal motion radioactive source lumen shields that can be manipulated by the...
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7553486 |
Anti-VEGF treatment for radiation-induced vasculopathy
An anti-VEGF method for treating undesirable conditions resulting from radiation-induced vasculopathy. In a specific application, the method is applied to these undesirable conditions found in an eye.
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7540998 |
Delivery system and prescription method for interstitial radiation therapy using enhanced parametric release sterilization techniques
A process is provided for sterilizing brachytherapy devices with Ethylene Oxide gas and releasing the devices on a parametric release basis. Devices that can be sterilized with this process include...
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7534202 |
System and method for high dose rate radiation intracavitary brachytherapy
The apparatus, method and system for performing a high dose rate brachytherapy procedure in a body cavity may include an at least partially indwelling multi-lumen catheter with a plurality of...
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7531810 |
Integrated half-beam profile measurement and polar profile for circular radiation field symmetry assessment
A method for routine monitoring and quality assurance of field asymmetry of high energy circular radiation beam producing equipment. The quality assurance process of field symmetry for devices such...
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7524275 |
Drug eluting brachytherapy methods and apparatus
An interstitial brachytherapy apparatus and methods for treating proliferative tissue disorders with radiation and a surface delivered treatment agent. The brachytherapy device includes an...
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7517310 |
Methods for tissue irradiation with shielding
Devices and methods are disclosed for treatment to tissue surrounding a body cavity or other intracorporeal site, such as after removal of tissue, e.g. cancer. Such a device includes a treatment...
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7513861 |
Real time verification in radiation treatment
A radiation therapy system and method, especially for brachytherapy, monitors and verifies dose delivered at a plurality of points at or near the region to be irradiated, integrating verification...
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7510520 |
Device for sensing distal end of source wire in an afterloader
A device senses the presence of the distal end of a source wire in a reference position within a guidance channel of an afterloading apparatus for positioning an energy emitting source at a desired...
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7507197 |
Urethral prove device for effecting radiation treatment
A device for effecting radiation treatment of benign or malign prostate hyperplasia. The device includes a catheter probe having an elongated body with a circumferential surface which is inserted...
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7497820 |
Expandable brachytherapy device
A brachytherapy device for the provision of brachytherapy is disclosed. The brachytherapy device has at least one source lumen located outside a movable surface of the device. The source lumen may...
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7497818 |
Delivery system and method for interstitial radiation therapy
A delivery system and method for interstitial radiation therapy comprising a substantially axially stiff and longitudinally flexible elongated member made of material, which is bio-absorbable in...
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7494456 |
Tissue positioning systems and methods for use with radiation therapy
A brachytherapy device including a spacing member is disclosed herein. The spacing member is useful in that the instrument is effective to limit the amount of radiation that comes into contact with...
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7488956 |
Support and positioning system for miniature radioactive sources by aerodynamic levitation and application to a device for continuous characterisation of prostate implants
The invention relates to a support and positioning system for at least one miniaturized element in the form of a cylinder. The system comprises a tube comprising an upper part, a median part and a...
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7481759 |
Systems and methods for treatment of coronary artery disease
Methods and systems for treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) include implantation of the discharge portion(s) of a catheter and, optionally, electrodes on a lead, near the tissue(s) to be...
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7465847 |
Radiopaque marker for a surgical sponge
A surgical sponge comprises a plurality of radiopaque markers having a high radiographic density and a distinctive, visually recognizable shape. The markers have an x-ray density equivalent to at...
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7465268 |
Methods for asymmetrical irradiation of a body cavity
The disclosure describes devices and methods for asymmetrical irradiation at a body cavity or site, such as after removal of tissue, e.g. biopsy or cancer. One device includes a lumen which is...
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7459142 |
High viscosity embolizing compositions comprising prepolymers
Disclosed are novel high viscosity compositions for embolizing blood vessels which comprise a biocompatible prepolymer and a contrast agent, and optionally a thickening agent and/or a biocompatible...
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7444178 |
Positional marker system with point light sources
A positional marker system is disclosed. The positional marker system includes at least one light-emitting or light-reflecting marker that can be positionally detected by an optical tracking...
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7431687 |
Percutaneous array delivery system
A system for treating tissue includes a cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal and the distal ends, and an array of delivery tubes at least...
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7425194 |
Template-assembly for effecting radiation treatment in an animal body
A template-assembly for effecting radiation treatment within an animal body by implanting one or more hollow needles at a desired location within the animal body includes a template frame being...
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7413539 |
Treatment of a body cavity
Devices and methods are provided for controlled application of a treatment to tissue adjacent a body cavity, such as after removal of tissue, e.g. cancer. A device embodying features of the...
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7407476 |
Tissue irradiation with shielding
Devices and methods are disclosed for treatment to tissue surrounding a body cavity or other intracorporeal site, such as after removal of tissue, e.g. cancer. Such a device includes a treatment...
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7404791 |
Device for radiation treatment of proliferative tissue surrounding a cavity in an animal body
A device for radiation treatment of proliferative tissue surrounding a cavity in an animal body includes at least a first inflatable chamber having a wall for placement in the cavity, a supportive...
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7402819 |
Respiration phantom for quality assurance
A respiration phantom that may be used to perform quality assurance on a radiation delivery system. The respiration phantom includes a human-like skeletal structure, at least one deformable...
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7399269 |
Process, control program, treatment planning system and control system, and dose measuring system for brachytherapy
The invention relates to a process for brachytherapy by using a dose measuring system, wherein, in at least one point of an area subjected to radiation treatment, the individual radiation dose...
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7382263 |
Oral drug compliance monitoring using radio frequency identification tags
A device useful for oral drug delivery device consisting of: (a) a capsule, tablet or pill designed to disperse in the gastrointestinal system; (b) an RFID tag positioned in the capsule, tablet or...
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7361135 |
Brachytherapy system for dispensing medication
A delivery system for interstitial radiation therapy that uses a brachytherapy needle assembly for simultaneously dispensing an effective amount of medicine, such as anti-inflammatory agents, along...
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7357770 |
Expandable brachytherapy device with constant radiation source spacing
A brachytherapy device may include an expandable outer cage, an expandable inner cage positioned within the outer cage and configured to receive radioactive material at its perimeter, and a movable...
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7354391 |
Implantable radiotherapy/brachytherapy radiation detecting apparatus and methods
An interstitial brachytherapy apparatus and method for delivering and monitoring radioactive emissions delivered to tissue surrounding a resected tissue cavity. The brachytherapy device including a...
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7351193 |
Treatment of age-related macular degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration is treated by radiation delivered from a miniature x-ray tube inserted via a catheter around the globe of the eye, to a position behind the macula. The process can...
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7344490 |
System for administering a combination of therapies to a body lumen
The invention provides a system which comprises a medical device that delivers a combination of therapies. These therapies include the administration of radiation, biologically active materials,...
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7335154 |
Radiotherapy
The invention provides a method of radiation treatment of a human or non-human mammalian subject which comprises administering to said subject a therapeutically, prophylactically or pain-palliating...
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7322929 |
Method for radiation treatment
Breast cancer patients are treated intraoperatively with radiation shortly after excision of a tumor. Pathology of the tissue is determined with a nearly instantaneous method, further excision is...
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7322928 |
Products and methods for brachytherapy
A radioactive member for use in brachytherapy comprising a hollow elongate bioabsorbable suture member with radioactive seeds and spacer members without different coloration and diameter from the...
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7312461 |
Laparoscopic tumor therapy using high energy electron irradiation
A laparoscopic tumor therapy method and an articulated electron beam transport system are provided for use with a high power, long focus electron source for tumor therapy. The high power, long...
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7311656 |
Automated system for the radiation treatment of a desired area within the body of a patient
A transfer device usable in a system for intraluminal treatment of a selected site in a body of a patient in which the transfer device comprises an integral pump for pressurizing and circulating...
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7311655 |
Method for manufacturing radioactive brachytherapy source material, brachytherapy source material and encapsulated radioactive brachytherapy source
The invention relates to a method for producing a radioactive brachytherapy source material comprising indium-114m in radioactive equilibrium with indium-114 as main radioactive isotopes. A new...
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7288061 |
Device for implanting a row of radioactive seeds and non-radioactive spacers in an animal body
A device for implanting radioactive seeds and non-radioactive spacers in a desired configuration in an animal body for effecting radiation therapy. An elongated hollow needle is inserted in the...
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7276019 |
Ophthalmic treatment apparatus
A surgical device for localized delivery of beta radiation in surgical procedures, particularly ophthalmic procedures. Preferred surgical devices include a cannula with a beta radiotherapy emitting...
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7273445 |
Intraocular brachytherapy device and method
An ocular brachytherapy device, generally comprising a catheter and wire, impregnated with radioactive material, are provided. The wire is formed having a desired treatment shape and size such that...
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7267643 |
Method and apparatus for temporarily inserting and positioning at least one energy emitting source in an animal body
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for temporarily inserting and positioning at least one energy emitting source in an animal body, wherein the apparatus comprises at least: a hollow...
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7265199 |
Poly-tri-fluoro-ethoxypolyphosphazene coverings and films
The present invention relates to an anti-thrombogenic, physically well-tolerated polymer and its use for manufacturing sheaths and films as a component of therapeutic devices for preventing...
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7252630 |
Delivery for interstitial radiotherapy using hollow seeds
A delivery system and method for interstitial radiation therapy uses a seed strand composed of a plurality of tubular shaped, hollow radioactive seeds with a bore. The seed strand as assembled with...
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