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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa City, IA (US);
Inventor:
Yusung Kim, 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); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1007 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3954 (2016.02); A61N 5/1016 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1012 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a marker-flange for use with a brachytherapy applicator, having a flange body with a first face, a second face, and a hollow chamber positioned between the first and second faces. A cavity extending through the flange body is dimensioned to receive a tandem in a brachytherapy applicator in a press-fit connection, so as to affix the flange-marker to an outside surface of the tandem. The hollow chamber includes an MR imaging responsive marker agent that provides strong signal intensities and a high geometric accuracy in MR imaging.