US Patent Issued to Margin-Clear on Sept. 1 for "Topical brachytherapy device and method of treatment of malignant cancer" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. RE51,019, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Margin-Clear Pty Ltd (Melbourne, Australia).

"Topical brachytherapy device and method of treatment of malignant cancer" was invented by David Burnett (Melbourne, Australia), Daniel Croagh (Melbourne, Australia) and Mehrdad Nikfarjam (Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible brachytherapy device includes a bioresorbable carrier matrix structure comprising a plurality of radio-isotope particles and having opposite first and second surfaces. The bioresorbable carrier matrix structure degrades, when implanted at a wound site, at a rate such that the bioresorbable carrier matrix ...