Mentor Corporation

Core Oncology, Inc.

Charles R Pitman

Jerry R Barber

Laust G Pedersen

Martin T Steele, Sr

Scott Henderson

Dennis Femrite

Ronald Crouther

Joseph Harms

The invention provides magazines for radioactive brachytherapy seeds. The seed magazines provided herein include housing, seed holder, and pusher components, and optionally have a slidable shield to protect a user from radiation.

Seed magazine

An apparatus is described that efficiently resupplies radioactive seeds to a brachytherapy applicator. A seed-holding system includes a holder and a transfer device. The holder, which may be disposable, stores the radioactive seeds and the transfer device, which may be reusable, helps shield and dispense the seeds. The holder is coupled to the transfer device, and the apparatus is mated to an applicator. After seeds have been dispensed, the apparatus may be disconnected from the applicator and the empty holder may be ejected from the transfer device, and replaced with a full holder.

Radioactive seed-holding device

The invention relates to brachytherapy devices, methods for making brachytherapy devices, and methods for using brachytherapy devices. For example, the invention provides brachytherapy devices such as staging-sterilization devices and insert devices that can be used in various brachytherapy procedures.

Brachytherapy medical devices

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Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

Charles R Pitman