Patent ID: 6726617
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
An applicator for depositing radioactive seeds into an internal organ for therapeutic purposes, comprising:a disposable internal part that comes into contact with a patient's blood and other body fluids; said disposable inner part made of two elongate half parts; each of said half parts having a longitudinally-extending groove formed therein; each of said half parts having half of a cartridge housing formed therein; an elongate throughbore formed by joining together said two half parts, said elongate throughbore being formed by juxtaposition of said longitudinally-extending grooves; a cartridge housing formed by joining together said two half parts, said cartridge housing being formed by juxtaposition of said halves of said cartridge housing; and said elongate throughbore being discontinuous at said cartridge housing; said elongate throughbore having a trailing part on a trailing side of said cartridge housing and a leading part on a leading side of said cartridge housing.