Brachytherapy catheter system

Details Brachytherapy catheter system Brachytherapy catheter system

1996-11-13

1999-06-29

Lacyk, John P.

Surgery

Radioactive substance applied to body for therapy

Radioactive substance placed within body

A61N 500

Patent

active

059161434

ABSTRACT:
A system, apparatus, and method for administering radiation internal to a patient involving a catheter, having disposed therewithin a radiation carrier material such as an inert radioactive gas, like xenon, for the treatment of restenosis after angioplasty, and malignancies. When the catheter apparatus is inflated, it may include a plurality of discrete chambers for transporting the radioactive carrier material, and a plurality of discrete chambers enabling substantial blood flow through the artery during treatment with the prescribed radiation.

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