RADIOLOGY DEVICE

• US 20150346353A1
• Filed: 01/16/2014
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: A-G M Solutions B.V.
• Original Assignee: AG Medical
• Inventors: GRAY, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,618,628 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4258 for detecting non x-ray radiation, e.g. gamma radiation A61B6/037 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4405 the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley
• CPC Class Codes: G01T 1/161 Applications in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting apparatus for radiation diagnosis A61B6/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01T 1/175 Power supply circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G01T 1/202 the detector being a crystal

Abstract

A radiology device includes at least one gamma radiation sensor, an acquisition device arranged to acquire data from each gamma radiation sensor, a transmission device arranged to transmit the acquired data outside the device, at least one battery arranged to store electrical energy and to electrically supply each sensor, the acquisition device and the transmission device. The radiology device is arranged to be carried entirely by the user. An application of the present radiology device is the treatment of cancers by administration of radionuclides.

Claims

1. A radiology device, comprising:

at least one detector of gamma radiation;

acquisition means arranged in order to acquire data from each gamma radiation detector;

transmission means arranged in order to transmit the acquired data to outside the device;

at least one battery arranged in order to store electrical power and supply electricity to each detector, to the acquisition means and to the transmission means;

the device being arranged in order to be worn in its entirety by a user;

said device also comprising attachment means arranged in order to attach at least one of the detectors to a part of the user'"'"'s body; and

the attachment means comprise a neck brace for at least one of the detectors.

2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one gamma radiation detector comprises at least one first group and one second group, each group comprising at least one gamma radiation detector, the attachment means not being common to the first group and the second group, so that:

the attachment means comprise the neck brace for the first group; and

the second group is arranged in order to act as a measurement reference for the first group.

3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the transmission means are arranged in order to send data to outside the device by a wireless link, preferably as they are acquired by the acquisition means.

4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the transmission means comprise means for storing the data in the device.

5. The device according to claim 4, characterized in that the transmission means comprise means for transmitting data to outside the device by a wired connection, arranged in order to transmit data after their acquisition by the acquisition means and their storage by the storage means.

6. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that its weight is less than two kilograms.

7. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one detector comprises a first group of two detectors placed:

on a front face of the neck brace, this front face being intended to be positioned around a neck extending longitudinally along an axis of the neck and on the side of the anterior face of this neck; and

preferably symmetrically with respect to a plane of symmetry so that the axis of the neck forms part of this plane of symmetry.

8. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the attachment means comprise an item of clothing arranged to hold at least one of the detectors.

9. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the detectors comprises several pixels so that the data acquired from this at least one of the detectors make it possible to construct an image.

10. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the acquisition means comprise a dedicated electronic acquisition module for each gamma radiation detector and integral with this detector.

11. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the transmission means and the at least one battery are preferably grouped together in a case electrically connected to each detector by a wired connection arranged in order to supply electricity to each detector via the at least one battery and in order to transfer data to the transmission means.

12. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that it also comprises means for measuring a heart rate and/or means for measuring a respiration rate of the user and means for synchronizing the acquisition of data from each gamma radiation detector with the heart rate and/or the respiration rate.