Afterloader provided with remote control unit

Details Afterloader provided with remote control unit Afterloader provided with remote control unit

1996-02-20

1998-09-01

Lacyk, John P.

Surgery

Radioactive substance applied to body for therapy

Radioactive substance placed within body

A61N 500

Patent

active

058003339

ABSTRACT:
A remote control device used with an afterloader for advancing and retracting a dummy wire as well as a treatment wire into and out of a patient which is to be treated with a radioactive element or elements. The remote unit is provided with displays for showing the advancement of a treatment or dummy wire as well as indicating a treatment time. A sensor is provided to indicate that a transport tube through which a treatment or dummy wire will be advanced into the patient is properly connected to the afterloader.

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