Patent ID: 9604074
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61N

Claim:
1. A therapeutic radiation treatment procedure comprising: selecting a therapeutic device including a radiation treatment tube, a detector, a sheet-like support, a plurality of spacers on a first surface of the sheet-like support, the spacers each having a target site engagement surface, the spacers being in an array exhibiting side-by-side separation between the spacers, the spacers not being connected at their respective target site engagement surfaces, and an inflated or inflatable member on and protruding from a second surface of the sheet-like support; flexing the therapeutic device so as to generally conform to the shape of a body cavity or surgically opened body location of a treatment subject, said flexing including engaging the respective target site engagement surfaces of at least one of the spacers with tissue of the body cavity or surgically opened body location of the treatment subject; engaging and manipulating and protecting tissue surrounding a treatment location with the inflated or inflatable member, specifically including body portions not to be treated during the radiation treatment; loading, before, during or after said inserting, at least one radio therapeutic member into the radiation treatment tube, said radio therapeutic member containing a prescribed radioactivity; and collecting data from the detector, the data including radiation level and location and effects of the radiation treatment.