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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiro Nudeshima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 ; A61M 3/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 ; A61M 3/600 ;
Abstract
A radiation source delivery wire has a flexible operating wire member, and an irradiation member including a radiation source for applying radiation to a target portion in a cavity of a living body. The irradiation member including the radiation source is so constructed as to be flexibly bendable, and a distal end portion of the operating wire member constitutes a narrowing portion which gradually narrows toward its distal end.