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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:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
David W Bolenbaugh, Wheeling, IL (US);
Assignee:
Nycomed Amersham plc, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600-8 ;
Abstract
An improved brachytherapy seed having (a) a casing for encapsulating a radioactive material, wherein a center portion of the casing has a diameter that is substantially larger than the diameter of two end portions of the casing, and/or (b) a carrier for the radioisotope, wherein the carrier has a polygonal cross section, and, optionally, one end of the carrier is rotated around the longitudinal axis of the carrier.