Patent ID: 9486642
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61N,A61P

Claim Text:
1. A method of treating a skin lesion of a subject by epidermal radioisotope therapy, comprising: (a) defining an area of skin, of a subject, to be treated; (b) subsequent to (a), covering the area of skin to be treated with a protective layer; (c) subsequent to (b), spreading a moldable radioactive source material on the protective layer over the area of skin to be treated so as to create a layer of the moldable radioactive source material over the area of the skin to be treated, such that the moldable radioactive source material is not over any area of skin, of the subject, not to be treated, wherein the moldable radioactive source material comprises a semi-fluid or fluid radioactive source material when spreading the moldable radioactive source material on the protective layer over the area of skin to be treated so as to create a layer of the moldable radioactive source material over the area of the skin to be treated, wherein the moldable radioactive source material comprises a radioactive source, wherein irradiation from the radioactive source treats a skin lesion, of the subject, and wherein the protective layer prevents physical contact between the moldable radioactive source material spread on the protective layer and the area of skin to be treated covered by the protective layer; and (d) removing the moldable radioactive source material after a predetermined time period of irradiation.