US 11,673,002 B2
Transparent loading apparatus
David Brachman, Phoenix, AZ (US); Emad Youssef, Peoria, AZ (US); Peter Nakaji, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Evan K. Fram, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to GT Medical Technologies, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed by GT Medical Technologies, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/114,976.
Application 17/114,976 is a continuation of application No. 15/824,182, filed on Nov. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,888,710.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/427,456, filed on Nov. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228905 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1007 (2013.01) [A61N 2005/101 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1009 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A loading apparatus comprising:
a top surface and a receiving surface;
a loading bed configured to support a radioactive seed carrier configured to contain a radioactive seed, wherein the radioactive seed carrier is configured for embedding in a cavity of mammalian tissue; and
a loading channel through the receiving surface, the loading channel configured to receive an injection device, the injection device configured to inject the radioactive seed into the radioactive seed carrier;
wherein the top surface includes one or more substantially transparent portions comprising plastic or glass impregnated with a high-Z material to provide a radiation shielding, while allowing visibility into at least a portion of the loading bed.