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Implantable radiotherapy/brachytherapy radiation detecting apparatus and methods

  • US 7,354,391 B2
  • Filed: 11/07/2003
  • Issued: 04/08/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A brachytherapy apparatus for delivering and monitoring radioactive emissions to an internal body location, comprising:

  • a catheter body member having a proximal end, a distal end, and an outer spatial volume disposed proximate to the distal end of the body member;

    a radiation source disposed in the outer spatial volume;

    a radiation sensor provided on the device; and

    an additional radiation sensor is positioned outside the brachytherapy device;

    wherein the radiation sensors measures the radiation delivered from the radiation source.

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