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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1999
Dewi M. Lewis, Prestwood, GB;
Lucinda A. Dollimore, Gerrards Cross, GB;
Nigel Powell, Reading, GB;
Gregory L. Mcintire, West Chester, PA (US);
Evan Gustow, Villanova, PA (US);
Robert A. Snow, West Chester, PA (US);
Dewi M. Lewis, Prestwood, GB;
Lucinda A. Dollimore, Gerrards Cross, GB;
Nigel Powell, Reading, GB;
Gregory L. McIntire, West Chester, PA (US);
Evan Gustow, Villanova, PA (US);
Robert A. Snow, West Chester, PA (US);
GE Healthcare Limited, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Abstract
The invention provides the use of a radiation source which is a low energy X-ray emitter, e.g. with an energy of emission of the principal photon in the range of 20 to 100 keV, preferably 20 to 40 keV and with a half life of 10 to 100 days, preferably 15 to 70 days, for the treatment of restenosis. Suitable radioisotopes include palladium-103, dysprosium-159, samarium-145, cadmium-109, ytterbium-169 and preferably iodine-125. High activity radioactive bodies and sources comprising such radioisotopes, and methods for the manufacture of such sources, are also disclosed.