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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:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
L. Michael Cutrer, Chatsworth, CA (US);
Assignee:
North American Scientific, Inc., Chatsworth, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 ; A61M 3/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 ; A61M 3/600 ;
Abstract
A radioactive seed which discloses the orientation and the location of the seed when the seed is exposed to X-ray photography is provided. The seed contains multiple X-ray detectable markers which will disclose the orientation and the location of the seed when the seed is exposed to X-ray photography. The seed can also have a single marker which wraps around the external surface of the seed or wraps around a carrier body within the seed. The single marker will also disclose the orientation as well as the location of the seed.