Patent ID: 9149652
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for transporting radiation to a body region, said method comprising: forming a canal up to the body region, wherein said forming step comprises drilling or tissue punching the canal, the canal having a canal diameter, the canal diameter being substantially uniform, then, introducing an applicator which is fitted to the diameter of the canal into the canal in order to guide a probe tip or a radiation source unit, said applicator being shaped for use with a radiation therapy device for producing a defined radiation dose for irradiating the body region, wherein the applicator comprises a base body, the base body comprising a foot region for uptake of at least one component of a radiation therapy device and a cylindrical guide region connected thereto for uptake of a probe tip or a radiation source unit of a radiation therapy device, a distal end of the cylindrical guide region constituting a head region, said head region being a free end of the cylindrical guide region, wherein the cylindrical guide region of the applicator has an outer diameter which is fitted to the canal diameter, and introducing the probe tip or the radiation source unit into the applicator.