Surgery – Radioactive substance applied to body for therapy – Radioactive substance placed within body
Patent
1998-08-06
2000-09-05
O'Connor, Cary
Surgery
Radioactive substance applied to body for therapy
Radioactive substance placed within body
600 1, A61M 3600
Patent
active
061135291
ABSTRACT:
A radioactive seed handling device having a base and a needle rack removably attached to the base for holding a plurality of needles generally parallel in a single plane while radioactive seeds are dropped into the needles. The needle rack includes a front shield for shielding an operator from radiation emitted from needles in the rack. The device may also include a vacuum source and a seed handling wand connected to the vacuum source by a conduit, with the wand having a handle and a probe. The probe is connected to the handle and extends from the handle at an angle between fifteen and seventy-five degrees.
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O'Connor Cary
Treece Robert
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