Patent ID: 11911631
Assignee: THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A combined hyperthermia and brachytherapy method for the treatment of cancer, the method comprising:
providing the multimodality treatment system of claim 1;
introducing the outer biocompatible expandable balloon, the inner biocompatible expandable balloon, and at least the first catheter, the second catheter, and the internal catheter into a resection cavity of a patient such that the at least the first catheter, the second catheter, and the internal catheter extend outside the patient;
coupling the internal catheter to a remote afterloader;
inflating the outer biocompatible expandable balloon to press against a resection cavity wall;
inserting the magnetic material within the outer biocompatible expandable balloon;
applying an external magnetic field to inductively couple energy into the magnetic material, thereby heating tissue surrounding the resection cavity wall; and
controlling the remote afterloader to introduce a radiation source within the internal catheter.