Patent ID: 9526916
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N

Claim Text:
1. An electrode connectable to a control unit configured to be fixable relative to a target area within a body, said electrode comprising: a positioning device for tracking variations of a position of the electrode relative to a radiation source; a dose measuring unit to detect administered dose in the target area from the radiation source; and an identification unit, wherein the identification unit and the dose measuring unit are connected in parallel via only a first pair of electrical connections in a shielded cable for connecting to the control unit to facilitate monitoring radiation dose, and are configured to be communicatively connectable to an externally arranged control unit with all information from both the identification unit and dose measuring unit passing through the first pair of electrical connections, and wherein said identification unit comprises: wherein the electronic identification tag is connected to the dose measuring unit via the first pair of electrical connections.