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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. 10, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce Nathaniel Gray, Claremont, AU;
Assignee:
Sirtex Medical Limited, Western Australia, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 5/100 ; A61M 3/614 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 5/100 ; A61M 3/614 ;
Abstract
A particulate material which comprises hollow or cup-shaped ceramic microspheres having a diameter in the range of from 5 to 200 microns. The material may comprise a beta- or gamma-emitting radionuclide and be used in selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) of various forms of cancer and tumours.