Brachytherapy Apparatus and Methods for Using Them
    1.
    发明申请
    Brachytherapy Apparatus and Methods for Using Them 有权
    近距离放射治疗仪及其使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070106108A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-10

    申请号:US11276851

    申请日:2006-03-16

    IPC分类号: A61N5/00 A61M36/00

    CPC分类号: A61N5/1015 A61N2005/1018

    摘要: Apparatus for delivering brachytherapy to a target tissue region includes an elongate body including a proximal end, a distal end sized for introduction into a tissue tract and carrying a plurality of elongate members including pathways for receiving a source of radiation. The elongate members are movable between collapsed and expanded configurations. During use, a tract is created through tissue, and the elongate body carrying the elongate members is advanced through the tract into a target location with the elongate members in the collapsed configuration. The elongate members are directed to the expanded configuration at the target location, and radiation is delivered to treat tissue at the target location, e.g., by introducing one or more radiation sources along the pathways.

    摘要翻译: 用于将近距离放射治疗递送到目标组织区域的装置包括细长主体,其包括近端,远端,其尺寸适于引入到组织道中并且承载多个细长构件,包括用于接收辐射源的路径。 细长构件可在折叠和膨胀构型之间移动。 在使用期间,通过组织产生管道,并且携带细长构件的细长体通过管道前进到目标位置,细长构件处于收缩构型。 细长构件在目标位置处被引导到扩展构型,并且例如通过沿着路径引入一个或多个辐射源,传送辐射以在目标位置处理组织。

    HELICAL BRACHYTHERAPY APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING SAME
    2.
    发明申请
    HELICAL BRACHYTHERAPY APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING SAME 有权
    螺旋拉伸装置及其使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070167665A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-19

    申请号:US11557747

    申请日:2006-11-08

    IPC分类号: A61N5/00

    摘要: Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for delivering brachytherapy into a target tissue region, e.g., a breast. In some embodiments, a flexible brachytherapy device is implanted that includes a therapy delivery portion having one or more radioactive sources securely retained thereto, and a tail portion extending from the therapy delivery portion. The brachytherapy device may be implanted in a helical configuration within the target tissue region. To assist in placement and removal of the brachytherapy device, a tubular sheath may be implanted by attaching (e.g., sliding over) a helically coiled needle that is advanced into the body by screw-like rotation. Once implanted, the sheath and the brachytherapy device may extend outside the body, where they may be folded and secured flat against the skin. The device and sheath may be removed at therapy completion.

    摘要翻译: 提供装置,系统和方法用于将近距离放射治疗递送到目标组织区域,例如乳房。 在一些实施例中,植入柔性近距离放射治疗装置,其包括具有一个或多个可靠地保持在其上的放射源的治疗递送部分和从治疗递送部分延伸的尾部。 近程放射治疗装置可以以目标组织区域内的螺旋形构造植入。 为了帮助放置和去除近距离放射治疗装置,可以通过螺旋状旋转将附着(例如,滑过)螺旋卷绕的针头注入身体来植入管状护套。 一旦植入,护套和近距离放射治疗装置可以延伸到身体外部,在那里它们可以被折叠并且平坦地固定在皮肤上。 在治疗完成时可以移除装置和护套。

    Vaso-occlusion coil and method
    6.
    发明授权
    Vaso-occlusion coil and method 失效
    血管闭塞线圈及方法

    公开(公告)号:US4994069A

    公开(公告)日:1991-02-19

    申请号:US265908

    申请日:1988-11-02

    摘要: A flexible, preferably coiled wire for use in small-vessel vaso-occlusion. The wire has a stretched, linear condition in which it can be advanced through a catheter lumen to a selected vessel, and a relaxed, convoluted condition produced by a combination of a helical winding of the wire, and irregularities of the helical winding. When the wire is released from a catheter into a vessel, it assumes a randomly coiled, substantially space-filling mass which is lodged at the site of release. In a preferred embodiment, the helical winding in the wire's relaxed condition has about the same diameter as that of the vessel, and the wire, in its stretched condition, has a length of about 15-20 times the vessel diameter.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于小血管血管闭塞的柔性优选盘绕线。 线材具有拉伸的线性状态,其中它可以通过导管内腔前进到选定的血管,以及通过线的螺旋绕组和螺旋形绕组的不规则性产生的松弛的卷曲状态。 当导线从导管释放到容器中时,它假定随机盘绕,基本上是空间填充的质量块,其被放置在释放位置。 在优选实施例中,线松弛条件下的螺旋绕组具有与容器相同的直径,并且在拉伸状态下,线的长度为容器直径的约15-20倍。

    Methods and Devices for Automated Biopsy and Collection of Soft Tissue
    7.
    发明申请
    Methods and Devices for Automated Biopsy and Collection of Soft Tissue 失效
    自动活组织检查和软组织收集的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20070156064A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-05

    申请号:US11671500

    申请日:2007-02-06

    IPC分类号: A61B10/00

    摘要: Instruments for performing percutaneous biopsy procedures are disclosed, which have advantageous features for improving functionality and performance over prior art devices. These instruments comprise two types, single-use devices, and multiple-use devices having active tissue capture capability. Improved features include the ability to retrieve and evaluate multiple tissue samples during a single insertion procedure, without physical handling of the samples, as well as constructional features, such as a molded tissue cassette housing, variant vacuum port embodiments suited for different tissue environments, and a method for backflushing the instrument to remove biological debris, among others.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于执行经皮活检程序的仪器,其具有改善现有技术装置的功能和性能的有利特征。 这些仪器包括两种类型的一次性装置,以及具有活性组织捕获能力的多用途装置。 改进的特征包括在单次插入过程中检索和评估多个组织样本的能力,而不对样品进行物理处理,以及结构特征,例如模制的组织盒壳体,适合于不同组织环境的变体真空端口实施例,以及 一种用于反吹仪器以去除生物碎屑的方法等。

    Methods for marking a biopsy site
    8.
    发明申请
    Methods for marking a biopsy site 有权
    标记活检部位的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050049489A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-03

    申请号:US10966551

    申请日:2004-10-15

    摘要: Implantable devices and methods of use are disclosed for marking the location of a biopsy or surgery for the purpose of identification. The methods include providing a biodegradable radiodense implant and taking a tissue sample from a biopsy site within a breast of a patient. The biodegradable implant is then positioned at the biopsy site. The tissue sample is tested and the biopsy site is then relocated. In one embodiment, the entire implant is radiodense. In another embodiment, the entire implant is biodegradable. Methods of using a biodegradable implant having a radiodense material and a biodegradable implant that is visible using an imaging system are also included.

    摘要翻译: 公开了可植入装置和使用方法,用于标识活检或手术的位置用于鉴定。 所述方法包括提供可生物降解的放射线植入物并从患者乳房内的活检部位取出组织样品。 然后将可生物降解的植入物置于活检部位。 测试组织样品,然后将活检部位重新定位。 在一个实施例中,整个植入物是辐射二极管。 在另一个实施方案中,整个植入物是可生物降解的。 还包括使用具有放射性物质的可生物降解植入物和使用成像系统可见的可生物降解植入物的方法。

    METHODS FOR ATTACHING CONNECTIVE TISSUES TO BONE USING A MULTI-COMPONENT ANCHOR
    9.
    发明申请
    METHODS FOR ATTACHING CONNECTIVE TISSUES TO BONE USING A MULTI-COMPONENT ANCHOR 失效
    将连接组织连接到使用多组分锚的骨的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080015594A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-01-17

    申请号:US11779194

    申请日:2007-07-17

    IPC分类号: A61B17/56

    摘要: An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing connective tissue, such as tendons, to bone are disclosed which permit a suture attachment which lies entirely beneath the cortical bone surface, and wherein the suturing material between the connective tissue and the bone anchor is oriented in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the bone anchor, so that axial pull-out forces exerted on the bone anchor are minimized. The suture attachment to the bone anchor involves the looping of a substantial length of suturing material around a shaft of the anchor, thereby avoiding an eyelet connection which requires a knot and which concentrates stress on a very small portion of the suturing material. Thus, failure rates are greatly decreased over conventional techniques, and the inventive procedures are significantly easier to perform than conventional techniques.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种创新的骨锚和用于将结扎组织(例如腱)固定到骨的方法,其允许完全位于皮层骨表面下方的缝合线附件,并且其中结缔组织和骨锚之间的缝合材料定向成 通常横向于骨锚的纵向轴线的方向,使得施加在骨锚上的轴向拉出力最小化。 与骨锚固件的缝合线附件涉及围绕锚固件的轴的相当长度的缝合材料的环绕,从而避免需要结并且将紧张集中在缝合材料的非常小部分上的孔眼连接。 因此,与常规技术相比,故障率大大降低,并且本发明的程序比常规技术更容易执行。