Patent ID: 9545525
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A61N

Claim:
1. A radiation treatment system comprising: planning software, spreadsheet or nomogram adapted to guide a user in planning radiation treatment of mammalian tissue, the planning software, spreadsheet or nomogram providing the user with at least a quantity of radioactive seeds to be used in the radiation treatment based on one or more of a preoperative shape of a treatment area, size of a lesion within the treatment area, anatomical location of the treatment area, or histology of the mammalian tissue; a plurality of radioactive seed carriers as determined by the planning software, spreadsheet or nomogram, each of the plurality of radioactive seed carriers comprising a biocompatible material having a top surface, an opposing bottom surface, and a thickness of between four and seven millimeters therebetween, wherein the top surface and the bottom surface are substantially rectangular with each side of the rectangle having a length of at least one centimeter; a plurality of radioactive seeds encased within one or more titanium layers, one or more of the plurality of the radioactive seeds configured for implantation into respective radioactive seed carriers, each of the radioactive seeds comprising Cesium-131 emitting radiation configured to kill living cells; and a loading device comprising: wherein the plurality of radioactive seed carriers each embedding respective radioactive seeds are configured for custom placement with reference to one another near or in the treatment area in order to customize radiation delivered from the embedded radioactive seeds to the treatment area and minimize radiation delivered outside the treatment area.