Interventional Therapies

Stansislaw Kostrzewski

Oleg Shikhman

Sam F Liprie

James Correia

There is provided a manually operable afterloader ( ) for use during radiation therapy treatment of a patient. The afterloader ( ) includes a sourcewire reel ( ) having a circumferential groove, dual sized or stepped ( ), for receipt of a non-radioactive portion of a sourcewire ( ) and a shield capsule ( ) having a passageway therethrough for receipt of a radioactive portion of a source wire ( ). A cranking mechanism ( ) is provided to rotate the sourcewire reel ( ) and drive the radioactive sourcewire ( ) out of the shield capsule ( ).

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Newton, CT, United States of America

Stansislaw Kostrzewski