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Intraluminal radiation treatment system

  • US 7,025,716 B1
  • Filed: 11/19/1999
  • Issued: 04/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end useable in a system for intraluminal treatment of a selected site in a body of a patient including a transfer device having a central opening for receiving the catheter and for storing at least one treatment element and propelling the treatment element into a lumen in the catheter, the improvement comprising:

  • a connector integral with the proximal end of the catheter including at least one detent extending from said connector and having a transverse tab at the end of the detent extending from said connector for securing said connector in the central opening of the transfer device by catching said tab inside said opening of the transfer device, said detent being manually actuable to release the catheter from the central opening of the transfer device by depressing said detent so as to allow said transverse tab to be released from inside said opening of the transfer device.

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