Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1998-04-28
2000-08-08
McDermott, Corrine
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
604 96, 604509, 600 3, A61M 2900
Patent
active
060994991
ABSTRACT:
A method and an apparatus are provided for delivery of radiation in vivo. A device includes a seal located proximal to a balloon through which a cavity of the balloon is inflated with a composition including a radioactive compound. The seal includes a passage therethrough which provides the only access to the balloon cavity and terminates at the proximal end of the balloon. The passage through the seal provides fluid communication with an inflation lumen within the medical device lumen, wherein a ratio of an inner diameter of the inflatable member to an inner diameter of the inflation lumen is about 0.5 or greater. In such a construction, inflation and evacuation can be accomplished without contamination of the entire medical device lumen. Thus, substantially all of the solution including the radioactive compound can be evacuated from the balloon cavity after treatment due to the positioning of the passage in the seal.
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McDermott Corrine
Medtronic Inc.
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