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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Applicant:
University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa City, IA (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Flynn, Iowa City, IA (US);
Hossein Dadkhah, Iowa City, IA (US);
Assignee:
University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa City, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1002 (2013.01); A61N 5/103 (2013.01); A61N 5/1007 (2013.01); A61N 5/1027 (2013.01); A61N 5/1044 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1005 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1094 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for rotating shield brachytherapy. In an aspect, some of the systems and methods can be used to facilitate shield selection for use in rotating shield brachytherapy. In an aspect, the invention is a shielded needle or catheter system with a rotational controller for delivering radioisotope-based interstitial rotating shield brachytherapy (I-RSBT). In an aspect, the catheter system can utilize paddle-based RSBT. Further provided are methods and systems for helical RSBT.