Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Fliesler Meyer LL
  • Delivery system and method for interstitial radiotherapy using hollow seeds
    Patent number: 6786858
    Abstract: A delivery system and method for interstitial radiation therapy uses a seed strand composed of a plurality of tubular shaped, hollow radioactive seeds with a bore. The seed strand as assembled with a material provided in the bore and between the spaced seeds is axially stiff and radially flexible and is bioabsorbable in living tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: IdeaMatrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Terwilliger, Gary A. Lamoureux