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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2000
Brett Trauthen, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Lisa Tam, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Robert Fazio, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Michael Crocker, Anaheim, CA (US);
Edward F. Smith, Los Flores, CA (US);
Gary Strathern, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Endologix, Inc, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are sources and methods for delivering a radioactive dose to a site in a body lumen. The sources are preferably mounted on a balloon or other expandable or deployable mechanical structure. The source and methods enable delivery of a clinically significant dose of radiation into a vessel wall in a relatively short time while using a relatively low activity. The sources also enable delivery of a substantially uniform dose into the vessel wall, whether or not such delivery is through the wall of a stent.