Flexible source wire for radiation treatment

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A61M 36/00 (2006.01) A61N 5/00 (2006.01) A61N 5/10 (2006.01) G21F 5/015 (2006.01)

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CA 2192081

A flexible source wire (10) is provided containing a radioactive source (16) that is capable of maneuvering through a tortuous narrow passage to a treatment site within the body. The source wire (10) includes a thin flexible housing tube (12), housing therein a flexible backbone wire (14), both the tube and the wire being constructed from a material exhibiting little or no memory retention when bent. A radioactive source (36) is provided in the proximal end of a thin flexible housing tube (32). This radioactive source (36) is contained in a capsule (40) abutting the proximal end of the backbone wire (34) all within a thin wall encapsulating material (32). Both ends of the source wire (10) are welded shut to form a tight seal and rounded to allow ease of movement as it travels through the bends and turns in a body. The housing tube (12) is coated before the loading of the radioactive material with a non-oxidizing agent (40) such as gold.

L'invention concerne un fil métallique source (10) qui contient une source radioactive (16) pouvant passer à travers un passage sinueux étroit, afin de se diriger vers un site de traitement, à l'intérieur du corps. Ce fil métallique (10) comprend un tube formant logement, flexible et mince (12), dans lequel vient se loger un fil métallique central flexible (14). Le tube et le fil métallique sont tous deux fabriqués en un matériau présentant une capacité de mémorisation faible ou nulle en flexion. Une source radioactive (36) est prévue dans une extrémité proximale d'un tube formant logement, flexible et mince (32). Cette source radioactive (36) est contenue dans une capsule (40) venant en butée contre l'extrémité proximale du fil métallique central (34), à l'intérieur d'un matériau d'enrobage formant une paroi mince (32). Les deux extrémités du fil métallique source (10) sont fermées par soudage pour former une fermeture étanche, et arrondies pour faciliter le déplacement à travers les courbures et les spires dans le corps. Le tube formant logement (12) est revêtu, avant de charger le matériau radioactif, d'un agent non oxydant (40) tel que de l'or.

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