Patents Examined by B. Kearney
  • Combination radioactive and temperature self-regulating thermal seed implant for treating tumors
    Patent number: 6074337
    Abstract: An implantable seed for simultaneous delivery of thermal and radioactive radiation to target tissue comprises a tube or rod of a ferromagnetic alloy which, when subjected to an oscillating magnetic field will heat up, the alloy also being coated or otherwise treated with a radioactive isotope which gives off X-ray radiation during the decay thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Ablation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Tucker, Joseph A. Paulus