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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J. Urick, Rogers, MN (US);
Assignee:
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/902 ; A61N 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/902 ; A61N 5/00 ;
Abstract
An intravascular medical device including an elongate shaft and a variable-length ionizing radiation source disposed on the distal end thereof. The present invention may be manifested as a source wire, a guide wire, a catheter or other suitable intravascular device with an adjustable length radiation source. For example, the adjustable source may be implemented on a wire having a variable-length radioactive tip, on a balloon catheter having a variable-length balloon inflated with a radioactive fluid, or on a catheter having means for advancing and retracting radioactive seeds of variable number and/or spacing.