发明授权
- 专利标题: After loader apparatus as well as a device for exchanging an after loader cartridge
- 专利标题(中): 装载机装置以及用于更换后装载机筒的装置
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申请号: US10382511申请日: 2003-03-07
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公开(公告)号: US07097609B2公开(公告)日: 2006-08-29
- 发明人: Johann Kindlein , Frits van Krieken , Arie Luite Visscher
- 申请人: Johann Kindlein , Frits van Krieken , Arie Luite Visscher
- 申请人地址: NL Veenendaal
- 专利权人: Nucletron B.V.
- 当前专利权人: Nucletron B.V.
- 当前专利权人地址: NL Veenendaal
- 代理机构: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- 优先权: EP02076190 20020327
- 主分类号: A61N5/00
- IPC分类号: A61N5/00 ; G21F5/00
摘要:
The invention relates to an after loader apparatus for treatment of tumours in an animal body comprising a housing with at least one exchangeable radiation source connected to a first end of a transport wire, which wire is connected with its other end to transport means for advancing said transport wire and said radiation source through a guide tube to and from a tumour in said body, where at least the radiation source and the transport wire are mounted in an exchangeable radiation shielded after loader cartridge, which cartridge can be placed in a suitable receptable opening present in said housing.It is an object of the invention to provide an after loader apparatus wherein in a more safe manner to the environment a cartridge containing a radioactive source can be replaced by another cartridge containing a new radioactive source and according to the invention the after loader apparatus is characterized in that, for exchanging said radiation source after use an exchanging device is present for, in a first step, removing the cartridge with the used radiation source from said receptable opening and, in a second step, inserting a further cartridge containing a new radiation source in said receptable opening.The invention relates furthermore to a device for exchanging an after loader cartridge in an after loader apparatus according to the invention.