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Brachytherapy fiducial needle fixation system and method

  • US 10,449,387 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2014
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • providing at least one fiducial needle having a proximal end being used to locate and fixate tissue into which the at least one fiducial needle is inserted and a distal end being inserted through a grid that fixates the at least one fiducial needle to the tissue;

    inserting the at least one fiducial needle into the tissue using medical imaging;

    locking the at least one fiducial needle relative to a fixed frame of reference;

    placing the grid onto the at least one fiducial needle so that the at least one fiducial needle passes through the grid, locking the at least one fiducial needle relative to the grid and locking the grid relative to the fixed frame of reference;

    passing a needle containing a radioactive source into the tissue fixated by the at least one fiducial needle, the radioactive source needle passing through one of a plurality of radioactive source needle holes in the grid that is locked relative to the at least one fiducial needle.

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