AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR THE RADIATION TREATMENT OF A DESIRED AREA WITHIN THE BODY OF A PATIENT

This invention is a transfer device usable in a system for intraluminal treatment of a selected site in a body of a patient in which the transfer device has an integral pump (66) for pressurizing, for circulating fluid through a fluid path defined by the transfer device and associated catheter. A re...

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Main Authors LEROHL, ANDREW, L, HILLSTEAD, RICHARD, A, GUILES, MARVIN, A, JUETT, GREGG, T, DEDASHTIAN, MARK, GRIFFIS, JACK, C., III, HUGHETT, JAMES, D, WEBSTER, ROBERT, MICHAEL, ARMSTRONG, DOUG, LAYLAND, BOYLSTON, BYRON, LEE
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 10.10.2001
Edition7
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DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY
ELECTROTHERAPY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MAGNETOTHERAPY
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
RADIATION THERAPY
ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Summary:This invention is a transfer device usable in a system for intraluminal treatment of a selected site in a body of a patient in which the transfer device has an integral pump (66) for pressurizing, for circulating fluid through a fluid path defined by the transfer device and associated catheter. A removable fluid cartridge (50) is provided including a reservoir (52) from which fluid is drawn by the pump (66) and into which fluid is returned after being circulated through the fluid path. The pump (66) may be a peristaltic pump (66) and the fluid cartridge (50) may include an elongated fluid pick-up having an inlet through which fluid is introduced into the transfer device. The fluid pick-up is sized in length so that the inlet is always submerged in the fluid regardless of the orientation of the transfer device. A removable treatment cartridge (70) having a lumen forming part of the fluid path may also be provided, and a storage sleeve for the treatment cartridge (70) may be of a radiation-blocking material, such as quartz.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19990968900