Patent ID: 8734314

Claim:
A kit for delivering brachytherapy to a subject comprising: a medical balloon catheter comprising: a catheter tube having a proximal end and a closed distal end, and an elongated body with a single lumen that is an inflation lumen extending therewithin, and at least one inflatable balloon towards the distal end in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, wherein the inflation lumen is configured to slidably receive a removable inner tube along substantially its entire length, and wherein the catheter tube is configured such that in a folded condition a kink is generated at a position on the tube, wherein the kink, when the catheter tube is unfolded while inserted in the subject, is removed such that the inflation lumen can slidably receive a removable inner tube that advances past the position where the kink was generated, the inflation lumen configured to carry inflation fluid to the at least one inflatable balloon when the removable inner tube is present in the inflation lumen; and a removable inner tube having an elongated body, an open proximal end, a closed distal end, and a source wire lumen extending therewithin, wherein the removable inner tube is configured for insertion into and removal from substantially the entire length of the inflation lumen, and the source wire lumen configured to receive a source wire bearing a therapeutic radiation source.