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Method for administering a flexible hormone rod

US10994058B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 26, 2019
Grant dateMay 4, 2021
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N2005/1024
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A flexible or elastic brachytherapy strand that includes an imaging marker and/or a therapeutic, diagnostic or prophylactic agent such as a drug in a biocompatible carrier that can be delivered to a subject upon implantation into the subject through the bore of a brachytherapy implantation needle has been developed. Strands can be formed as chains or continuous arrays of seeds up to 50 centimeters or more, with or without spacer material, flaccid, rigid, or flexible.

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