Spinal shield implant and treatment of spinal metastases

摘要

A radiation shield for use in treating spinal metastatic disease is formed of a body that is configured to surround the spinal cord and includes a section that can be axially extended for increasing the surface area of the shield.

主权项

1. A radiation shield for use in treatment of a patient having spinal metastatic disease comprising:
a body that defines a hollow space that is configured to receive a spinal cord of the patient such that the body surrounds the spinal cord of the patient, the body including an axially extendable section that is slidably adjustable along a surface of the body so as to increase a surface area of the shield by extending the extendable section in a longitudinal direction relative to the body and the spinal cord resulting in a greater length of the patient's spinal cord being shielded, the body being shaped to accommodate spinal cord nerves when implanted.