ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,866, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Best Medical International Inc. (Springfield, Va.).
"Radiotherapy applicator system" was invented by Manny R. Subramanian (Frederick, Md.), Jagannadha Rao Nibhanupudy (Glenn Dale, Md.), Rohit V. Mehta (Clifton, Va.) and Rashmi Amin (Springfield, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The radiotherapy applicator system includes an applicator pad adapted to cover a target area of a patient for radiation treatment. One or more spaced channels extend through a length of the applicator pad. Each channel receives a catheter sleeve, and an elongate seed line is selectively inserted into a corresponding ca...