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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
May. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Michelle N. Ledesma, Houston, TX (US);
Anthony J. Bradshaw, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Richard T. Thornton, League City, TX (US);
J. Eric Henckel, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michelle N. Ledesma, Houston, TX (US);
Anthony J. Bradshaw, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Richard T. Thornton, League City, TX (US);
J. Eric Henckel, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for positioning a radiation source in vivo relative to radio-opaque markers on a catheter that delineate a therapeutic treatment length so that a therapeutic dose of radiation is delivered along the therapeutic treatment length.