Abstract: A brachytherapy apparatus includes a distal support member and a proximal support member movable relative to the distal support member. The apparatus includes a plurality of elongate treatment members having distal first locations coupled to the distal support member, proximal second locations coupled to the proximal support member, and pathways between the proximal second locations and the distal first locations adapted to receive one or more radiation sources. Each of the treatment members is movable between a generally straight configuration and a curvilinear configuration. An expandable member encloses and provides a spatial volume for the plurality of the treatment members and is adjustable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 8, 2013
Assignees:
Varian Medical Systems UK Limited, Varian Medical Systems Haan GmbH
Inventors:
Andy Partridge, Ralph Bodenburg, E. Ishmael Parsai, John J. Feldmeier
Abstract: A brachytherapy apparatus includes a distal support member and a proximal support member movable relative to the distal support member. The apparatus includes a plurality of elongate treatment members having distal first locations coupled to the distal support member, proximal second locations coupled to the proximal support member, and pathways between the proximal second locations and the distal first locations adapted to receive one or more radiation sources. Each of the treatment members is movable between a generally straight configuration and a curvilinear configuration. An expandable member encloses and provides a spatial volume for the plurality of the treatment members and is adjustable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 30, 2009
Publication date:
December 30, 2010
Applicants:
Varian Medical Systems UK Limited, Varian Medical Systems Haan GmbH
Inventors:
Andy Partridge, Ralph Bodenburg, E. Ishmael Parsai, John J. Feldmeirer