US 12,029,917 B2
Endorectal probe device for effecting radiation treatment of colorectal cancerous tissue in the rectum of a human or animal subject
Frank Verhaegen, Maastricht (NL); Murillo Bellezzo, Maastricht (NL); Evert Van Limbergen, Maastricht (NL); Maaike Berbee, Maastricht (NL); Brigitte Reniers, Maastricht (NL); and Gabriel Paiva Fonseca, Maastricht (NL)
Assigned to UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT, Maastricht (NL); STICHTING MAASTRICHT RADIATION ONCOLOGY MAASTRO CLINIC, Maastricht (NL); and ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS MAASTRICHT, Maastricht (NL)
Filed by Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht (NL); Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht, Maastricht (NL); and Stichting Maastricht Radiation Oncology “Maastro-Clinic”, Maastricht (NL)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/047,070.
Application 18/047,070 is a continuation of application No. 16/468,058, granted, now 11,497,933, previously published as PCT/EP2017/083097, filed on Dec. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146314 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1002 (2013.01) [A61N 5/1007 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1008 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1024 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1025 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endorectal probe device comprising:
an endorectal tube;
an endorectal catheter probe having a distal probe end and a proximal probe end, the proximal probe end being arranged to be inserted into the endorectal tube towards a tissue of a patient, the proximal probe end includes an end face, the end face including at least one of a flat surface or a concave surface, the flat or concave surface being inclined relative to a longitudinal direction of the endorectal catheter probe; and
a radiation shielding insert within the endorectal catheter probe adjacent the proximal probe end, the radiation shielding insert including a disk and a radiation shielding wall coupled to the disk, the disk defining at least a portion of a plurality of longitudinal catheter bores extending from the distal probe end towards the proximal probe end.