ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,800, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to GT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Tempe, Ariz.).
"Customizable radioactive carriers and loading system" was invented by Peter Nakaji (Phoenix), David Brachman (Phoenix), Heyoung McBride (Phoenix), Emad Youssef (Peoria, Ariz.) and Theresa Thomas (Gilbert, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Carriers for embodying radioactive seeds, as well as a device for loading and customizing brachytherapy carriers based on the principles of optimizing a more precise and predictable dosimetry, and adaptable to the geometric challenges of a tumor bed in a real-time setting. The present disclosure relates to a spe...