Endocurietherapy

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1990-08-13

1994-08-30

Cohen, Lee S.

Surgery

Radioactive substance applied to body for therapy

Radioactive substance placed within body

A61N 500

Patent

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053422830

ABSTRACT:
To provide versatile radioactive implants and methods of radiation therapy, plating methods such sputtering, as are used to coat single elements such as microspheres, wires and ribbons with radioactive metals, protective layers and identification layers. The resulting solid, radioactive, multilayered seamless elements are implanted individually or combined in intercavity applicators, with fabrics and in ribbons. Because they have selected half-lives and intensities, they provide flexibility in treatment, permitting low intensity or high intensity treatment, using temporary or permanent implants and implants with high intensity or low intensity or controured intensity to permit different therapies.

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patent: 4702228 (1987-10-01), Russell, Jr. et al.
patent: 4754745 (1988-07-01), Horowitz
patent: 4994013 (1991-02-01), Suthanthiran et al.

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