ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,337, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. (Jerusalem).
"Radiotherapy template assembly" was invented by Ofer Magen (Matan, Israel), Niv Dana (Givatayim, Israel), Sagy Tal (Tel Mond, Israel), Amnon Gat (Matan, Israel) and Robert Den (Merion Station, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of inserting brachytherapy seeds into a body organ includes grasping a body organ between a frame defining a large central hole and an additional element. A grid defining a plurality of apertures adapted to receive elongate applicators is placed on one side of the body organ. A plurality of applicators are passed through ap...