Patents by Inventor Stansislaw Kostrzewski

Stansislaw Kostrzewski has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Afterloader apparatus
    Patent number: 6350227
    Abstract: There is provided a manually operable afterloader (100) for use during radiation therapy treatment of a patient. The afterloader (100) includes a sourcewire reel (112) having a circumferential groove, dual sized or stepped (188), for receipt of a non-radioactive portion of a sourcewire (130) and a shield capsule (154) having a passageway therethrough for receipt of a radioactive portion of a source wire (130). A cranking mechanism (163) is provided to rotate the sourcewire reel (112) and drive the radioactive sourcewire (130) out of the shield capsule (154).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Interventional Therapies, LLC
    Inventors: Oleg Shikhman, James Correia, Sam F. Liprie, Stansislaw Kostrzewski