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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Microspherix Llc, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Inventor:
Edward J. Kaplan, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Assignee:
Microspherix LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/04 (2006.01); A61K 41/00 (2006.01); A61K 47/48 (2006.01); A61K 51/12 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); A61L 31/18 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 41/0038 (2013.01); A61B 5/064 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61K 47/48992 (2013.01); A61K 49/00 (2013.01); A61K 49/0409 (2013.01); A61K 51/1282 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/146 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61L 31/18 (2013.01); A61N 5/1007 (2013.01); A61N 5/1027 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61L 2300/44 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1023 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1024 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible or elastic brachytherapy strand that includes an imaging marker and/or a therapeutic, diagnostic or prophylactic agent such as a drug in a biocompatible carrier that can be delivered to a subject upon implantation into the subject through the bore of a brachytherapy implantation needle has been developed. Strands can be formed as chains or continuous arrays of seeds up to 50 centimeters or more, with or without spacer material, flaccid, rigid, or flexible.