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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Salutaris Medical Devices, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Laurence J. Marsteller, Tucson, AZ (US);
Russell J. Hamilton, Tucson, AZ (US);
Luca Brigatti, Rockville, MD (US);
Michael Voevodsky, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
Salutaris Medical Devices, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 36/04 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1017 (2013.01); A61N 5/1007 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices for minimally-invasive delivery of radiation to the posterior portion of the eye including a cannula comprising a distal portion connected to a proximal portion and a means for advancing a radionuclide brachytherapy source (RBS) toward the tip of the distal portion; a method of introducing radiation to the human eye comprising inserting a cannula between the Tenon's capsule and the sclera of the human eye and emitting the radiation from the cannula.