APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RADIOGRAPHY

• Main Author: THORNTON, RICHARD, T
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.06.1999
• Edition: 6
• 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 radiotherapy apparatus is disclosed in which a radioactive-tipped source wire is accurately and precisely positioned within an implantable catheter. Embedded within the source wire, adjacent to its distal tip, is a ferrous ball, and a special magnetic sensor assembly is configured to sense the ret...