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Radiation delivery catheters and dosimetry methods

  • US 6,491,619 B1
  • Filed: 08/25/2000
  • Issued: 12/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of optimizing an in stent radiation delivery profile, comprising the steps of:

  • identifying a stent positioned against the wall of a vessel;

    positioning a radiation source within the stent; and

    exposing the vessel to radiation through the stent such that variations in the dose delivered to a reference depth of at least about 1 mm in the wall of the vessel along the length of the source do not exceed about 20%.

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