Automated system for the radiation treatment of a desired area within the body of a patient

• Main Authors: LEROHL ANDREW L, JUETT GREGG T, WEBSTER ROBERT MICHAEL, BOYLSTON BYRON LEE, HILLSTEAD RICHARD A, GUILES MARVIN A, DEHDASHTIAN MARK, ARMSTRONG DOUGLAS LAYLAND, GRIFFIS, III JACK C, HUGHETT JAMES D
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.12.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: 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

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 comprises an integral pump for pressurizing and circulating fluid through a fluid path defined by the transfer device and associated catheter. A removable fluid cartridge is provided including a reservoir from which fluid is drawn by the pump and into which fluid is returned after being circulated through the fluid path. The pump may be a peristaltic pump and the fluid cartridge 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.