Patent ID: 8303476
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A device for administering brachytherapy to the tissue of a living patient, comprising: a cup of a material at least partially transparent to x-ray radiation, a cover for the cup, a source guide for receiving an x-ray source attached to and penetrating through the cover for the cup, and a catheter carrying an x-ray source slidable within the source guide in the cup, whereby the cup can be positioned in an open resection cavity with the tissue closely up against a bottom and sides of the cup, and with the cover on the cup and the source guide within the cup, the catheter can be manipulated axially within the source guide in the cup as a brachytherapy treatment of tissues surrounding the cup progresses, and a manipulator for moving the source guide in at least one of X and Y directions of translation within the cup, the X and Y directions being parallel to the cover of the cup, so that the radiation source can be moved to different positions within the cup during the brachytherapy treatment.