DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE REDUCTION OF PARATHYROID ADENOMAS
    1.
    发明申请
    DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE REDUCTION OF PARATHYROID ADENOMAS 有权
    用于微量减少PARATHYROID ADENOMAS的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140236145A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-21

    申请号:US14178101

    申请日:2014-02-11

    IPC分类号: A61B6/12

    摘要: Apparatus and methods for performing glandular reduction are described. In an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a needle-like probe containing a scintillation detector for converting gamma and x-rays emitted from a radio-labeled gland into photons that are then carried from the probe through a fiberoptic cable to a photodetector, and a therapy element for causing selective tissue destruction by directing energy toward the radio-labeled gland.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于进行腺体还原的装置和方法。 在一个示例性实施例中,一种装置包括针状探针,其包含用于将从放射性标记的腺体发射的γ射线和X射线转换成光子的闪烁检测器,然后光子从探针通过光纤缆线传送到光电探测器, 治疗元件,用于通过将能量引向放射性标记的腺体来引起选择性组织破坏。

    Method for detecting early atherosclerosis and vascular damage using radioactive tracers and intravascular radiation detection devices
    2.
    发明授权
    Method for detecting early atherosclerosis and vascular damage using radioactive tracers and intravascular radiation detection devices 有权
    使用放射性示踪剂和血管内放射检测装置检测早期动脉粥样硬化和血管损伤的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06295680B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-02

    申请号:US09306976

    申请日:1999-05-07

    IPC分类号: A61B500

    摘要: A method and apparatus for detecting and optionally treating metabolically unstable or active atherosclerotic plaque is provided. The patient is given an I.V. solution containing a radioactive tracer which specifically accumulates in these plaques. A miniaturized radiation detector for local radioactivity imaging and detection is applied directly within the arterial lumen. The radiation detector identifies and differentiates the active, unstable plaque from the inactive, stable plaque. Treatment may optionally be provided through any of three forms, including opening the vessel by mechanical expansion, removing the plaque by mechanical ablation, or delivering a metabolism-altering agent to the affected site.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于检测和任选地处理代谢不稳定或活动性动脉粥样硬化斑块的方法和装置。 患者被给予I.V. 含有特异性积累在这些斑块中的放射性示踪剂的溶液。 用于局部放射性成像和检测的小型化辐射检测器直接应用于动脉内腔。 辐射探测器识别和区分活跃的,不稳定的斑块与不活跃的稳定斑块。 治疗可以任选地通过三种形式中的任一种提供,包括通过机械膨胀打开血管,通过机械消融去除斑块,或将代谢改变剂递送到受影响部位。