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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A. Terwilliger, Southbury, CT (US);
Gary A. Lamoureux, Woodbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
IdeaMatrix, Inc., Estes Park, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 ; A61N 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 ; A61N 5/00 ;
Abstract
A system for manufacturing interstitial radiation seed strand implants is provided. The system includes a seed dispenser, a member for handling an elongated half-shell member; and a controller in communication with the seed dispenser. The controller commands the seed dispenser to place the radioactive seed elements at desired locations in a first elongate half-shell member. The first half-shell member is mated with a second half-shell member to form a seed strand implant. The seed strand implant is axially stiff and longitudinally flexible, and constructed from bioabsorbable material.