US Patent Issued to GT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES on May 26 for "Systems and methods for creating custom brachytherapy carriers" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,387, issued on May 26, was assigned to GT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Systems and methods for creating custom brachytherapy carriers" was invented by Heidi Cole (Phoenix), David Brachman (Phoenix), John Baker (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Adam Turner (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Custom radioactive seed carriers are fabricated pre-operatively and/or intra-operatively to more precisely match carrier specification of a radiation treatment plan for a particular patient. One or more carrier specification component, such as a 3D printer, injection molding system, machining component, or bioprinter, may be utilized to create...