Apparatus for loading dosimetrically customizable brachytherapy carriers

摘要

A device for loading and customizing brachytherapy carriers based on the principles of optimizing a more precise and predictable dosimetry, and adaptable to the geometric challenges of a tumor bed in a real-time setting. The present invention relates to a specialized loading device designed to enable a medical team to create a radionuclide carrier for each patient and tumor reliably, reproducibly and efficiently.

主权项

1. A treatment system comprising:
a radionuclide tile carrier having a first longitudinally planar surface, an opposing second longitudinally planar surface parallel to the first planar surface, and a uniform thickness therebetween; a cylindrical radionuclide seed; a guide tool; and a loading device having:
a first planar surface facing and parallel to a second planar surface,a third planar surface defining a loading bed perpendicular to the first and the second planar surfaces of the loading device, the loading bed between a first portion of the first planar surface of the loading device and a second portion of the second planar surface of the loading device, wherein the radionuclide tile carrier is adapted for positioning on the loading bed, anda guide channel
having a longitudinal axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the loading bed, andsized and configured to receive a first end of the guide tool and direct the first end of the guide tool parallel to the third planar surface of the loading device into the radionuclide tile carrier positioned on the loading bed, moving the cylindrical radionuclide seed into the radionuclide tile carrier.