Surgery – Radioactive substance applied to body for therapy – Radioactive substance placed within body
Patent
1998-05-07
2000-06-13
Gilbert, Samuel G.
Surgery
Radioactive substance applied to body for therapy
Radioactive substance placed within body
A61M 500
Patent
active
060743395
ABSTRACT:
An expandable braid device attached to a guidewire acts to both house radiation and to expose a stenosis site to such radiation as a function of the braid's collapsed or deployed configuration. The expandable braid device, in a closed configuration, shields a radioactive inner core of the braid as it is advanced to and located at a stenosis site and, in an expanded configuration, exposes the radioactive inner core to the stenosis site in order to irradiate such site.
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Bab Cheryl Milone
Gambale Richard A.
Moriarty, Jr. James William
Gilbert Samuel G.
Medtronic Ave Inc.
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