Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Internally-administered radiation therapy using endoscopic image guidance
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Application No.: US15059176Application Date: 2016-03-02
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Publication No.: US10231625B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Lanchun Lu , Zhilin Hu
- Applicant: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION , Zhilin Hu
- Applicant Address: US OH Columbus
- Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Columbus
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Main IPC: A61N5/10
- IPC: A61N5/10 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B8/12

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for a catheter-based system of image-guided internally-administered treatment of medical conditions such as, for example, pancreatic cancer. A distal end of a catheter is positioned at a target site inside a patient's body. An imaging probe extended through the catheter collects image data of patient tissue at the target site. The image data is processed and a treatment plan is developed. A radiation source positioned at the distal end of the catheter without removing the catheter. In this way, images collected at the target tissue site can be used to develop a treatment plan and to guide the localized positioning and operation of a treatment device at the same internal tissue site—thereby providing higher resolution imaging than external-based imaging modalities and reduced exposure to radiation as compared to externally applied radiation therapies.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160263401A1 INTERNALLY-ADMINISTERED RADIATION THERAPY USING ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE GUIDANCE Public/Granted day:2016-09-15
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