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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2006
F. Avraham Dilmanian, Yaphank, NY (US);
David J. Anchel, Rocky Point, NY (US);
Glenn Gaudette, Holden, MA (US);
Pantaleo Romanelli, Monteroduni, IT;
James Hainfeld, Shoreham, NY (US);
F. Avraham Dilmanian, Yaphank, NY (US);
David J. Anchel, Rocky Point, NY (US);
Glenn Gaudette, Holden, MA (US);
Pantaleo Romanelli, Monteroduni, IT;
James Hainfeld, Shoreham, NY (US);
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of assisting recovery of an injury site of the central nervous system (CNS) or treating a disease includes providing a therapeutic dose of X-ray radiation to a target volume through an array of parallel microplanar beams. The dose to treat CNS injury temporarily removes regeneration inhibitors from the irradiated site. Substantially unirradiated cells surviving between beams migrate to the in-beam portion and assist recovery. The dose may be staggered in fractions over sessions using angle-variable intersecting microbeam arrays (AVIMA). Additional doses are administered by varying the orientation of the beams. The method is enhanced by injecting stem cells into the injury site. One array or the AVIMA method is applied to ablate selected cells in a target volume associated with disease for palliative or curative effect. Atrial fibrillation is treated by irradiating the atrial wall to destroy myocardial cells while continuously rotating the subject.