ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,190, issued on May 13, was assigned to PointSource Technologies LLC (Boston).
"Radioactive therapeutic device" was invented by David E. Wazer (Westwood, Mass.) and Thomas A. DiPetrillo (Dover, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brachytherapy source delivery device includes a first tissue-piercing leg having proximal and distal ends, a second tissue-piercing leg having proximal and distal ends, wherein the proximal ends of the first and second tissue-piercing legs are joined at a span section in a first angular orientation with respect to each other, and a carrier element formed at, or attached to, the span section, the carrier el...