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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce S Horowitz, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Henry Ford Hospital, , MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128-12 ;
Abstract
A delivery system for temporary radiation therapy comprising a sheet of material which is absorbable within the human body and having a plurality of parallel passages therein. The sheet is sutured to an area of the body which is to be treated and a catheter is inserted in each passage and extends to the exterior of the body. A tube carrying a plurality of radioactive seeds dispersed therein is inserted in each catheter. After a period of treatment, the tubes and catheters are removed and the carrier remains in the body.