Transmutable radiotherapy device
US6471630B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2005/1025
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A general purpose radiotherapy device can be fabricated to net or near-net shape and then made radioactive in a single activation step. The device is made at least partially of a transmutable material which is transformable to a radioisotope-containing material upon activation by an accelerated beam of charged particles, such as protons, deuterons or alpha particles. The transmutable material is preferably rhodium and the radioisotope-containing material is preferably palladium-103.
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