CATHETER ATTACHMENT AND CATHETER FOR BRACHYTHERAPY
    1.
    发明公开
    CATHETER ATTACHMENT AND CATHETER FOR BRACHYTHERAPY 审中-公开
    导管的附接和导管近距离放疗

    公开(公告)号:EP1284778A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-26

    申请号:EP01935693.0

    申请日:2001-05-18

    IPC分类号: A61M29/00

    CPC分类号: A61N5/1002 A61N2005/1004

    摘要: A catheter (12) for the positioning of a radioactive material (24) for therapeutic radiation treatment of the body is disclosed. The catheter includes a radioactive source (24) positioned at the distal end thereof and is sufficiently flexible and strong to navigate in the body to the desired treatment location. The radioactive source may be provided to the catheter in an number of different ways. In one set of embodiments, the radioactive source is bonded to the inner or outer surface of the catheter body (46), a catheter attachment (10) or a carrier positionable within the body.

    RADIATION DELIVERY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE
    2.
    发明公开
    RADIATION DELIVERY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE 审中-公开
    放射输送装置和方法及其制备

    公开(公告)号:EP1282458A2

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-12

    申请号:EP01944154.2

    申请日:2001-05-18

    IPC分类号: A61N5/00

    摘要: Radiation delivery devices (13b) useful in brachytherapy which employ radioactive palladium-103 as the radiation source material (10a) are disclosed. Certain embodiments of the disclosed radiation delivery devices (10) have the advantages that they can be fabricated with the desired specific activity, that the self-shielding effects of the devices are minimized, that the radioactive source material (10a) is bonded to a substrate in a manner which substantially prevents it from becoming detached, and that a variety of customizable radiation delivery devices can be made using the concepts of the invention.