Patent ID: 8758213

Claim:
An applicator for use in a minimally invasive surgical procedure and configured for manipulating one or more catheters carrying a radiation generating device, so as to deliver a radiation field to a target in a patient's body, the applicator having a proximal end and a distal end, the applicator comprising: a spring mechanism; at least one catheter grasper attached to the spring mechanism and configured for grasping the one or more catheters and for enabling insertion of the one or more catheters into the at least one catheter grasper and extraction of the one or more catheters from the at least one catheter grasper while the at least one catheter grasper is inside the patient's body; and a sheath, for covering at least a portion of the spring mechanism; wherein the spring mechanism is configured for being retracted within the sheath, in a closed configuration of the applicator; wherein the spring mechanism is configured for being released into a predetermined arrangement when moved out of a distal end of the sheath, in an open configuration of the applicator; and wherein the applicator is configured to be repeatedly switched between the closed configuration and the open configuration.