Abstract: Methods and devices for minimally-invasive delivery of radiation to the posterior portion of the eye including a cannula comprising a distal portion connected to a proximal portion and a means for advancing a radionuclide brachytherapy source (RBS) toward the tip of the distal portion; a method of introducing radiation to the human eye comprising inserting a cannula between the Tenon's capsule and the sclera of the human eye and emitting the radiation from the cannula on an outer surface of said sclera.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 3, 2009
Publication date:
January 7, 2010
Applicant:
SALUTARISMD
Inventors:
Luca Brigatti, Russell J. Hamilton, Laurence J. Marsteller, Michael Voevodsky
Abstract: Methods and devices for minimally-invasive delivery of radiation to the posterior portion of the eye including a cannula comprising a distal portion connected to a proximal portion and a means for advancing a radionuclide brachytherapy source (RBS) toward the tip of the distal portion; a method of introducing radiation to the human eye comprising inserting a cannula between the Tenon's capsule and the sclera of the human eye and emitting the radiation from the cannula on an outer surface of said sclera.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 7, 2009
Publication date:
January 7, 2010
Applicant:
SALUTARISMD
Inventors:
Luca Brigatti, Russell J. Hamilton, Laurence J. Marsteller, Michael Voevodsky