Patents Assigned to BREAST MICROSEED, INC.
  • Brachytherapy fiducial needle fixation system
    Patent number: 10456592
    Abstract: A mechanism facilitates the insertion of radioactive sources/source strands into soft tissue, such as breast tissue, that improves the reproducibility of the procedure and ensures that the sources are reliably and consistently inserted in an exact position per a patient prescription treatment plan from patient to patient as well as improve the ease-of-use of the device and procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: BREAST MICROSEED, INC.
    Inventor: Charlie Pitman
  • Brachytherapy fiducial needle fixation system and method
    Patent number: 10449387
    Abstract: A mechanism to facilitate the insertion of radioactive sources/source strands into soft tissue, such as breast tissue, and a method that utilizes this mechanism with the goal of improving the reproducibility of the procedure and ensuring that the sources are reliably and consistently inserted in an exact position per a patient prescription treatment plan from patient to patient as well as improve the ease-of-use of the device and procedure are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: BREAST MICROSEED, INC.
    Inventor: Charlie Pitman