US 11,883,682 B2
Adjustable brachytherapy template and template holder
Sean Cavanaugh, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to City of Hope, Duarte, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/491,565
Filed by CITY OF HOPE, Duarte, CA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 8, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/021622
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 5, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/165480, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,506, filed on Mar. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0016104 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1007 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3407 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3411 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1012 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A brachytherapy template, comprising:
first layers, each of the first layers includes first apertures;
a second layer, arranged between the first layers, that includes second apertures,
wherein the first apertures and the second apertures define sockets; and
needle guides respectively disposed in the sockets,
wherein the needle guides are pivotable by ±20° relative to a longitudinal axis extending from a surface of one of the first layers, and
wherein the needle guides are independently pivotable with respect to each other.