Patent ID: 6024690
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
A radiation source adapted for use with a delivery device for delivering a dosage of radiation to a treatment site of a vessel, the delivery device being adapted to be inserted into the vessel and including a delivery lumen, the radiation source comprising:a radioactive segment including a radioactive wire having a plurality of tightly packed adjacent coils, wherein adjacent coils are in contact along substantially the entire radioactive segment; anda delivery wire which is adapted to be inserted into the delivery lumen with the delivery device inserted into the vessel, the delivery wire including a receiver securing the radioactive segment to the delivery wire, the receiver having a receiver body and a receiver head, the receiver body having a distal end and being positioned within and substantially through the radioactive segment, and the receiver head being selectively attached to the distal end of the receiver body to secure the radioactive segment to the receiver body.