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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:
Jul. 05, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce S Horowitz, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128-12 ;
Abstract
A delivery system for brachytherapy comprising a conformable sheet of material which is absorbable in living tissue and a plurality of radioactive seeds in a predetermined array within the sheet. In one form, the sheet is a continuous flexible film in which the seeds are positioned in a predetermined array and which film can be sutured or stapled in place on the surface of a tumor area.