Inventors:
Jay P. Ciezki - Shaker Heights OH
Urs Hafeli - Cleveland OH
David Bleam - Orangevale CA
Assignee:
Jomed Inc. - Rancho Cordova CA
Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Cleveland OH
International Classification:
A61B 800
Abstract:
A method for providing intravascular brachytherapy includes the step of positioning a radiation source within a target area to be radiation and orienting the attenuator found on the catheter. Once the attenuator or shield is properly oriented, a reference or normalization point or marker ( ) is selected. This reference marker ( ) can placed, as one example, on the external elastic lamina closest to catheter ( ) and can serve as a reference point for the brachytherapy treatment. Several other points of interest can be is selected ( ) on the image ( ) or images that have been gathered of the treatment site, with dosage levels ( and ) being display automatically on the display ( ) close to the IVUS image ( ).