Cervix-to-rectum measuring device in a radiation applicator for

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1977-05-12

1981-10-13

Howell, Kyle L.

Surgery

Truss

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128 12, 33143C, A61B 510

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042942640

ABSTRACT:
A cervix-to-rectum measuring device to be used in the treatment of cervical cancer which includes a handle and a probe pivotably connected to the handle for insertion in the rectum. The measuring device further includes means for coupling the handle to an intrauterine radiation applicator when the latter is positioned in the uterine cervix and the probe is inserted in the rectum to pivot the handle about the probe. A gear is provided which is adapted to pivot with the probe. A pinion pivotably connected to the handle meshes with the gear. A pointer fixed to the pinion is displaced in response to the pivoting of the handle about the probe, and this displacement can be read from a scale on the handle, providing an indication of the cervix-to-rectum distance.

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