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WO/2003/011390A2 |
In prostate brachytherapy or the like, a preplan (101) is formed for the prostate in its condition at the time, and needles pre-loaded with radioactive seeds are ordered (103). In the operating room, it is determined whether the prostate...
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WO2002038199A9 |
A dual lumen catheter system for the positioning of a radioactive material for therapeutic radiation treatment of the body is disclosed. The dual lumen catheter includes a guidewire lumen and a blind lumen provided for introduction of a ...
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WO/2003/008034A1 |
An implant including a ferromagnetic core (120), an isotope layer (140) and an outer layer (160) substantially covering the isotope layer (140).
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WO/2003/006108A2 |
A cathode for a miniature X-ray device includes an insulating shell, a cathode and an anode. The cathode includes a focusing cup formed into and end. The focusing cup can include a thin metal layer that conforms to an inner surface of th...
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WO/2003/000330A2 |
An over-the-wire catheter provides substantially shadow-free delivery of radiation to a body lumen by having a treatment region wherein a guidewire tube and a radiation source tube form a parallel double helix configuration. When a radia...
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WO/2003/000342A1 |
A gearing device that can drive the radiation source of a remote after-loading intracavitary unit safely, and it can rotate the source gearing mechanism flexibly. As the gap between the guide source block and a ring cam groove and the ga...
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WO2001087406A9 |
A cartridge is configured to be inserted into a medical instrument for treating patients with radioactive seeds. The cartridge includes a rotating internal barrel that is loaded with a plurality of seeds, where the internal barrel has a ...
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WO/2003/000335A1 |
Radioactive therapeutic seeds (10) include one or more carrier structures (12) each carrying a radioactive isotope (18), a ceramic spacer or collar member (20), a metal ring (21) about the ceramic member (20), and a capsule (22) formed f...
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WO2002078785A9 |
The present invention is directed to a brachytherapy device comprising a substrate comprising at least one radioactive coating layer formed thereon. The radioactive coating layer has a total radioactivity that varies in at least one dime...
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WO/2002/100479A2 |
This invention involves radioactive medical devices for inhibiting an undesirable hyperplastic response in biological tissue, and a method for making the radioactive medical devices. In a first preferred embodiment (10), a medical device...
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WO/2002/100480A2 |
The present invention provides a system and method of applying low dose, localized radiotherapy which is effective to reduce or eliminate the formation of post-operative scar tissue at surgical sites, such as an epidural site after spina...
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WO/2002/096486A1 |
Apparatus and methods for depositing radioactive seeds into a patient's prostate are provided that include impedance measuring circuitry for detecting whether the distal end of an elongated needle extends into a patient's bladder. The el...
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WO/2002/085188A2 |
Apparatus (100) and methods allowing the clinician to circumvent the public arch in instances where it interferes with insertion of instrumentation (102) into the prostate or periprostatic tissue. The apparatus (100) employs needles of s...
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WO/2002/083916A2 |
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WO/2002/083928A2 |
A novel gene (designated 158P3D2) and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein l58P3D2 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Cons...
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WO/2002/083917A2 |
A novel gene (designated 161P5C5) and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 161P5C5 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Cons...
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WO/2002/080999A2 |
An interstitial brachytherapy device includes an applicator (10) having an elongate barrel (12) and a plurality of radioactive seed-containing cartridges releasably connected to the elongate barrel along its longitudinal extent. There ar...
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WO2001021106A9 |
Radioactive grafts or cuffs are made by incorporating radioactive elements into a pliable material such as ePTFE. The radioactive grafts or cuffs are placed into the body to prevent the proliferation of malignant cells. For example, a gr...
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WO/2002/076524A2 |
The invention relates to a method for producing radioactive stents according to which a non-radioactive stent is placed in a solution containing the radioactive isotope Re-188 in ionic form, and the isotope is then chemically deposited o...
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WO/2002/072190A2 |
A method of compensating for unexpected changes in the size, shape, and/or position of a patient in the delivery of radiation therapy. An image of a patient is used to prepare a treatment plan for the irradiation of a tumor or the like, ...
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WO2001013986A9 |
Hollow metal seeds are provided having a therapeutic agent encapsulated therein, e.g., a nucleic acid or cytokine, that diffuses out of the seeds via one or more holes disposed therein and is thereby delivered to target sites, e.g., tumo...
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WO/2002/068052A1 |
An apparatus (10) is described that efficiently resupplies radioactive seeds (18) to a brachytherapy applicator. A seed-holding system (10) includes a holder (12) and a transfer device (46). The holder (12), which may be disposable, stor...
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WO/2002/066077A2 |
A polymeric construct is disclosed. The construct comprises a polysaccharide polymer having a selected medicament associated therewith. The medicament thus present is provided in a slow release form.
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WO/2002/065479A1 |
The invention relates to an activatable seed consisting of at least one cylindrical body comprised of: a) a metal, for example metallic palladium, a palladium compound, a composite material made of a Pd compound and metal or mixtures the...
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WO2001008751A9 |
There is disclosed a method of forming a radioactive sourcewire (10) and a radioactive sourcewire (10) formed according to the preferred method. The method generally includes providing a substantially thick walled tubular member (10) and...
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WO/2002/058775A2 |
The present invention is directed to a device for dilating and irradiating a vascular segment, body passageway or an obstruction in a vascular segment or body passageway. The device comprises electroless deposition, electro-deposition or...
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WO2000061229A9 |
The present invention provides apparatus and methods for loading delivery systems, such as seed magazines and suture material, with seeds which greatly increases productivity, reduces process variation and reduces the risk of handling da...
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WO/2002/049043A1 |
A container (2) for storing and transporting devices (12) containing radioactive materials used for medical procedures is disclosed. Such devices (12) may include a radioactive shielding material which contains a portion of the radioacti...
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WO2002018012A9 |
Methods and apparatus (30) are provided for improved administration of brachytherapy in the treatment of prostate disease. More particularly, a prostate visualization device is provided comprising a disk-shaped bladder neck balloon (34) ...
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WO/2002/040078A2 |
A loader device, for dispensing implantation seeds from a seed magazine, comprising a body (3), seed magazine receiving and locating means (27), seed dispensing means (37) for ejecting seeds from a seed magazine, and a seed-transporting ...
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WO/2002/037934A2 |
An automated implantation system (10) assists the implantation of low dose radioisotope seeds in a patient as part of a brachytherapy procedure.
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WO/2002/034325A1 |
Disclosed is a brachytherapy seed deployment system, for use in any of a variety of medical procedures such as radiation treatment of the prostate gland. The system includes a number of brachytherapy seed deployment needles (22), each pr...
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WO2000057923A9 |
A radioactive seed which discloses the orientation and the location of the seed when the seed is exposed to X-ray photography is provided. The seed contains multiple X-ray detectable markers which will disclose the orientation and the lo...
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WO/2002/021993A2 |
Apparatus and methods are provided for applying a radially uniform radiation dose to an intravascular treatment region to inhibit hyperplasia, and specifically to reduce 'candy-wrapper' ends, following intravascular intervention. An embo...
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WO/2002/020088A1 |
An implantable system is provided that includes: a cell repopulation source comprising genetic material, undifferentiated and/or differentiated contractile cells, or a combination thereof capable of forming new contractile tissue in and/...
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WO/2002/020089A1 |
An arranged row of radioactive seeds and non-radioactive spacers with a predetermined pitch can be provided with physical coherence by applying connectors between the separate seeds and spacers. In a first embodiment the connectors are e...
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WO/2002/018011A1 |
Methods and apparatus (100) are provided for improved brachytherapy treatment of prostate disease. The apparatus (100) comprises a needle template mount (102) for use with standard brachytherapy apparatus. The mount (102) provides for an...
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WO/2002/018013A1 |
The present invention provides a remote afterloader (105) for moving a radiation source into and out of a catheter inserted in a tumor may include one or more radiation source cassettes (163), one or more motors (167), and a shielded con...
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WO2000069504A9 |
The present invention provides a system for delivering a therapeutic agent into tissue in combination with an implant device (2). Preferably the therapeutic substance is contained within a pellet form (14) that is deliverable into the in...
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WO/2002/007812A2 |
A injection system having a syringe body which defines a pumping chamber. A syringe plunger is located in the pumping chamber and is adapted for reciprocal motion within the pumping chamber. The syringe plunger includes a capture member ...
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WO/2002/007818A1 |
The apparatus for determining the position of radioactive seeds in a pre-loaded brachytherapy needle (18) includes a pickup unit (10) into which the loaded needle (18) is inserted.
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WO/2002/007784A2 |
A brachytherapy seed comprising (a) carrier-free ?103¿Pd isotope, (b) a substrate for the carrier-free ?103¿Pd radioisotope, and (c) a casing for encapsulating the carrier-free ?103¿Pd-laden substrate, is disclosed.
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WO/2002/005859A2 |
The invention provides a method of radiation treatment of a human or non-human mammalian subject which comprises administering to said subject a therapeutically, prophylactically or pain-palliating amount of a bone-targeting complex of a...
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WO/2001/097859A1 |
Actinium-225 and other alpha particle-emitting radionuclides hold great promise as potential therapeutic agents for cancer treatment. However, use of these radionuclides is limited by systemic toxicity resulting from release of administe...
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WO/2001/093943A1 |
An automated system (10) loads low dose radioisotope seeds (110) into at least one implant needle (130). A replaceable cartridge (14) is positioned in a loading station (12) having an automated motion control system (32). The cartridge i...
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WO2000029501A9 |
Radioactive coating solutions and sol-gels, and corresponding methods for making a substrate radioactive by the application of the radioactive coating solutions and sol-gels thereto. The radioactive coating solution comprises at least on...
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WO/2001/093945A2 |
An automated cartridge (14) for use in an automated system (12) for low dose radioisotope procedures is replaceable in the automated system and has a housing (80, 81, 82, 83, 84) that contains a selectively positionable member (54) havin...
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WO2000056249A9 |
A stent loading apparatus for loading a self-expanding radioactive stent into a bore of a deployment device in a compressed condition including a storage device defining an elongated first passage formed and dimensioned for sliding recei...
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WO/2001/089632A1 |
An implantable radiation therapy device (10) includes a biocompatible radiotranslucent outer capsule (12) containing a radiation shielding element (24a) and a radioactive isotope (30) at least partially shielded by the shielding element ...
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WO/2001/087400A1 |
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 fle...
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