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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
Salutaris Medical Devices, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Russell J. Hamilton, Tucson, AZ (US);
Laurence J. Marsteller, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael Voevodsky, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Samuel Hyman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Timothy Shriver, Vail, AZ (US);
SALUTARIS MEDICAL DEVICES, INC., Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for minimally-invasive delivery of radiation to the eye (such as the posterior portion of the eye) including cannulas with afterloading systems for introducing radionuclide brachytherapy sources to the cannulas, for example following insertion and positioning of the cannulas. The afterloaders may house the radionuclide brachytherapy source in a vault and connect to the cannula via a guide tube. The afterloaders can advance and retract the source and ensure accurate placement of the source within the cannula.