Abstract: An apparatus for treating a body structure with radiation and a method for using the same. The apparatus comprising a concentrator for receiving a solution comprising a radioactive material and for increasing the concentration of the radioactive material in solution; a calibrator operatively associated with the concentrator for measuring a level of radiation associated with the radioactive material; and a delivery unit for transferring the solution directly from the apparatus to a balloon catheter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 1998
Date of Patent:
July 31, 2001
Assignee:
Advanced Research & Technology Institute
Inventors:
Hans-Peter Stoll, Keith L. March, Gary Hutchins