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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2002
Applicants:
Richard A. Terwilliger, Southbury, CT (US);
Gary A. Lamoureux, Woodbury, CT (US);
Inventors:
Richard A. Terwilliger, Southbury, CT (US);
Gary A. Lamoureux, Woodbury, CT (US);
Assignees:
Worldwide Medical Technologies, LLC, Oxford, CT (US);
Ideamatrix, Inc., Estes Park, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A delivery system and method for interstitial radiation therapy uses a seed strand composed of a plurality of radioactive seeds or encapsulated seeds having ends with projections or indentations connected by a polymer. The seed strand is axially stiff and radially flexible and is bioabsorbable in living tissue.