EP2268360A2 - Cathéter à ballonnet et applicateur de rayons x muni d'un cathéter à ballonnet - Google Patents

Cathéter à ballonnet et applicateur de rayons x muni d'un cathéter à ballonnet

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EP2268360A2
EP2268360A2 EP09737843A EP09737843A EP2268360A2 EP 2268360 A2 EP2268360 A2 EP 2268360A2 EP 09737843 A EP09737843 A EP 09737843A EP 09737843 A EP09737843 A EP 09737843A EP 2268360 A2 EP2268360 A2 EP 2268360A2
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balloon catheter
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Norman Röder
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Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/10—Balloon catheters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
    • A61N5/10—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy
    • A61N5/1001—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy using radiation sources introduced into or applied onto the body; brachytherapy
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
    • A61N5/10—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy
    • A61N5/1001—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy using radiation sources introduced into or applied onto the body; brachytherapy
    • A61N5/1014—Intracavitary radiation therapy
    • A61N5/1015—Treatment of resected cavities created by surgery, e.g. lumpectomy
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/10—Balloon catheters
    • A61M2025/1043—Balloon catheters with special features or adapted for special applications
    • A61M2025/1093—Balloon catheters with special features or adapted for special applications having particular tip characteristics
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M2205/00—General characteristics of the apparatus
    • A61M2205/60—General characteristics of the apparatus with identification means
    • A61M2205/6063—Optical identification systems
    • A61M2205/6072—Bar codes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J35/00—X-ray tubes
    • H01J35/02—Details
    • H01J35/14—Arrangements for concentrating, focusing, or directing the cathode ray
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J35/00—X-ray tubes
    • H01J35/32—Tubes wherein the X-rays are produced at or near the end of the tube or a part thereof which tube or part has a small cross-section to facilitate introduction into a small hole or cavity

Definitions

  • Balloon catheter and X-ray applicator with a balloon catheter Balloon catheter and X-ray applicator with a balloon catheter
  • the present invention relates to a balloon catheter and an X-ray applicator with a balloon catheter.
  • IORT interoperative radiotherapy
  • the IORT knows different methods to irradiate a tumor or a tumor bed from within.
  • An advantageous method is to provide access to the tumor center or, if the tumor has been removed, to the remaining tumor bed.
  • This access can be effected by means of applicators, which also have the function of a placeholder, in particular during the irradiation of a tumor bed:
  • the applicator serves to bring the shapely tumor bed into a defined shape, preferably into a spherical shape. In this way, a uniform irradiation of the tissue is ensured, surrounding the applicator.
  • Point-shaped radiation sources are particularly suitable for this method of radiotherapy.
  • the radiation therapy system INTRABEAM ® from Carl Zeiss has such a punctiform radiation source in the form of a source for X-radiation.
  • This radiation therapy system includes a probe about 10 cm long and only 3.2 mm thin, an X-ray probe in which electrons are accelerated and decelerated on a target material.
  • X-radiation having a spherical and isotropic emission characteristic is produced.
  • the radiation therapy system INTRABEAM ® comprises different applicators into which the probe can be inserted and at the distal end of which X-ray radiation is produced.
  • Fixed applicators have the advantage of high dimensional accuracy and high dimensional stability. In these applicators can be easily formed a very accurate position stop for a corresponding X-ray probe.
  • a disadvantage of these solid applicators is that, for reasons of wound healing and handling, they can not remain in the patient for a long time. The use of such applicators is therefore limited to irradiation that occurs immediately after lumpectomy. In this case, the surgical access which was originally laid for the tumor extraction is used for irradiation by means of a corresponding applicator.
  • catheters are known as flexible applicators. Such a catheter is described, for example, in WO 2006/041733 A2.
  • a biopsy channel is placed to the tumor bed.
  • medical instruments can be introduced once or several times into the patient in order to irradiate the tissue surrounding a tumor bed directly after a surgical operation or later.
  • irradiation is performed once or more often over a period of several days.
  • Suitable catheters for this purpose are in particular so-called balloon catheters.
  • Balloon catheters are tubular structures that include one or more inflatable balloons formed at the distal end of the assembly.
  • the catheter known from WO 2006/041733 A2 is, for example, such a balloon catheter. It is guided through the biopsy channel to the tumor bed. In order to fill up the tumor bed, it is brought into shape there by the introduction of a suitable filling medium.
  • a suitable filling medium In order to fill up the tumor bed, it is brought into shape there by the introduction of a suitable filling medium.
  • the isocenter of a punk-shaped X-ray source in a balloon catheter should be located exactly in the center of the balloon catheter and at the same time in the center of the tumor bed. Since the site is in the patient being irradiated by the balloon catheter, it is largely invisible to an operator. Simple positioning under direct view is therefore not possible.
  • Radiotherapy often uses X-ray probes that have a beryllium tip.
  • Beryllium is an almost transparent material for X-rays. Such X-ray probes are therefore difficult to see in a CT image.
  • the x-ray probe from the Carl Zeiss INTRAB EAM ® Radiation Therapy System makes it possible to minimize access to a tumor bed in a patient due to the large lengths of 10 cm and the small outer diameter of just 3.2 mm. With this geometry of the X-ray probe must be taken into account that the X-ray probe can be bent elastically or plastically by lateral force.
  • the X-ray probe of the INTRABEAM ® radiation therapy system is designed as an evacuated cathode ray tube.
  • a beam of accelerated electrons is generated.
  • the electron beam is directed to a target of gold. There, the electrons are abruptly decelerated and there is X-ray braking radiation.
  • the cathode ray tube of the INTRABEAM ® radiation therapy system with a diameter of only 3.2 mm is very thin, there is a high sensitivity of the X-ray probe with regard to mechanical loads: If the X-ray probe is bent, the electron beam in the CRT no longer hits the target after a certain deflection. The consequence is that then X-rays are no longer or only generated undefined.
  • the electron beam tube in the radiation therapy system INTRAB EAM ® associated magnetic deflection coils. By appropriately driving these deflection coils with a system controller, it is possible to move the electron beam on the gold target in the order of +/- 0.5mm.
  • the INTRABEAM ® Radiation Therapy System incorporates a safety mechanism that ensures that, when the X-ray probe bends, the intensity of the X-ray generated falls below a threshold, and the X-ray source is shut off. It is envisaged that the system will then be re-calibrated or verified for the continuation of the therapy in order to plan and apply a residual dose to a patient. For a patient undergoing therapeutic treatment, this may require an increase in anesthetic time. But this carries corresponding risks.
  • the X-ray probe is inserted in a designated channel in a catheter. Since the course of a biopsy channel within a patient usually can not be configured in a straightforward manner, the danger of the X-ray probe being exposed to mechanical forces which easily bend it when importing the corresponding X-ray probe into the catheter. However, such forces can not only occur when inserting a corresponding X-ray probe into a catheter. Even during radiation therapy, which is subjected to a patient, the corresponding X-ray probe can be mechanically stressed, for example due to the respiratory movement of the patient.
  • the irradiation field of an X-ray probe is determined by its spatial radiation characteristic.
  • isotropic point sources are desirable as sources of X-ray radiation.
  • Isotropic point sources are sources characterized by the fact that the distance of the isodose lines to the center of the corresponding sources is the same everywhere. Such radiation sources are therefore ideal for tumor irradiation, because the target area for irradiation in IORT is usually spherical.
  • an X-ray probe which is arranged in a balloon catheter, an equal distance of the tissue surrounding the balloon of the catheter can be ensured to the radiation source. If a source is used as the source of therapeutic radiation, which is not an ideal point source, then it is necessary to set a desired local radiation dose for the target area by means of radiation planning.
  • a balloon catheter By providing lead or tungsten in the wall of the balloon of a balloon catheter, or by filling the balloon of the catheter with medium that absorbs therapeutic radiation, radiation from a point source of radiation can be uniformly and evenly attenuated.
  • a balloon catheter may be provided with segments or chambers containing material that absorbs radiation.
  • Such balloon catheters are known in the art. However, they can only be produced with a high manufacturing outlay, which is the higher the finer the irradiation dose for certain tissue structures is to be spatially adjusted.
  • covers made of shielding material on the outer surface of a balloon catheter or a rigid applicator. These covers may be, for example, pre-embossed films. Such films enable simple or complex shielding on corresponding applicators. For a specific therapeutic use, such films can also be cut manually. However, this measure entails the risk that in IORT the screens of slides in a patient's body slip or even remain after extraction of the applicator from a patient in the patient.
  • covers of shielding material is also not indicated from the viewpoint that it has advantages to apply therapeutic radiation by means of a balloon catheter through a biopsy channel. However, when introducing a corresponding balloon catheter into the biopsy channel, there is no fluid medium in the balloon. Rather, the balloon is present in the smallest package size. Then it is not possible to use material that shields therapeutic radiation in the form of films.
  • applicators are used for tumor irradiation, which act as a kind of placeholder, as the tumor bed would otherwise collapse.
  • the tumor bed is widened by means of an applicator in order to ensure the most uniform possible irradiation of the remaining wound cavity.
  • the applicator allows access to the radiation site in the patient.
  • Suitable applicators can be designed, for example, as flexible balloon catheters. Since appropriate applicators are in place during the irradiation, they affect the radiation dose applied to a patient when they absorb or scatter X-rays. This influence must be considered in the treatment planning.
  • the relevant applicator data, in particular the depth-dose curves, are therefore usually stored on a computer for irradiation planning.
  • the number, type and size of the applicator must be supplied to the radiation therapy system. This can be done manually by entering via a Keyboard done. Less error prone, however, is the automatic registration of this information by means of an external scanner.
  • the identification takes place here, for example, by means of a bar code which is located on the sterile packaging or on the applicator itself. However, a barcode on the applicator package or the applicator itself does not always ensure that the actual applicator being used is the registered applicator.
  • the applicator can be exchanged in principle after the registration. This can have fatal consequences, since a satisfactory irradiation with respect to the application of the desired dose is then not possible in a controlled manner.
  • Object of the present invention is to meet the aforementioned problems. This object is achieved with a balloon catheter having the features of claim 1 and with an X-ray applicator having the features of claims 8, 13 and 14.
  • the balloon catheter has a volume-fillable balloon expandable balloon and a catheter shaft for insertion of the X-ray applicator.
  • the balloon or the catheter shaft have a rigid inner end piece in the extension of the catheter shaft.
  • the rigid tail may be made of a plastic or other material that is substantially transparent to X-rays, such as a material that is equivalent to water for X-ray transparency.
  • the balloon itself is advantageously made of an elastic material such as silicone or of an otherwise inflatable, air- and liquid-tight material such as e.g. Urethane or PET.
  • the shape of the balloon inflated or filled with liquid state is dimensionally stable and can be round, so that the plump balloon has a spherical shape.
  • the catheter stock suitably comprises a flexible, soft tube, e.g. Made of silicone. This ensures a good wearing comfort for a patient in which the catheter is inserted into the body: The catheter can then be applied tightly against the patient's body, thereby minimizing the risk that a catheter inserted into the patient's body may be mechanically impacted by impacting and catching objects burdened and relocated.
  • the tail of the catheter shaft is conveniently cylindrical and has a substantially coaxial with the axis of the catheter shaft extending cylinder axis. Perpendicular to the cylinder axis ⁇ , the tail advantageously has a round cross-section.
  • the cross section may also be star-shaped.
  • the cross section of the end piece is perforated like a cage.
  • a mechanical stop is advantageously formed in the interior of the end piece.
  • a mechanical stop for the X-ray probe can also be provided without an end piece in the interior of the balloon.
  • a filter is advantageously arranged, which absorbs X-ray radiation. This is particularly useful if the material of the tail has a lower absorption for X-ray steels than the material with which the balloon is filled.
  • the end piece can also be formed perforated and provided with openings, so that the medium to be filled into the balloon to expand it can penetrate into the interior of the end piece or a part forming the mechanical stop.
  • the balloon catheter advantageously has two partial cylindrical shells made of an X-ray absorbing material in the region of the end piece or in the interior of the balloon, which are arranged coaxially and rotatable relative to one another. By rotating the partial cylindrical shells relative to one another, the solid angle into which the x-ray radiation can escape from the balloon catheter into surrounding tissue can then be varied.
  • the invention further relates to an X-ray applicator for use with a balloon catheter having one or more of the characteristics previously described.
  • the X-ray applicator may additionally include an X-ray probe having an evacuated tube and a target disposed therein and an electron source and an electron accelerator.
  • the X-ray applicator may further include a probe protector which includes a sturdy tube for insertion of the X-ray probe and which is connectable to the flexible part of the catheter shaft by means of an interface.
  • the probe protection device can be separable from and connectable to the X-ray applicator. In this way, it is possible to stiffen the balloon catheter by the connection of balloon catheter and applicator for the period of irradiation.
  • the probe protection device may have a coding in the region of the interface which cooperates with sensors on another part of the X-ray applicator.
  • the coding may include, for example, a bar code.
  • the invention also relates to a modular arrangement with X-ray applicator with
  • a balloon catheter having a proximal flexible tube, a distal rigid endpiece and a balloon expandable in volume.
  • the invention also relates to a modular arrangement comprising X-ray applicator
  • 1 shows a section of a first embodiment of a balloon catheter with X-ray applicator.
  • 2 shows a partial section of a second exemplary embodiment of a balloon catheter with an X-ray probe inserted into it;
  • Fig. 3. a third embodiment of a balloon catheter with a
  • X-ray applicator which is associated with a first embodiment for a probe protection
  • FIG. 5 shows an X-ray applicator with a second alternative embodiment for a probe protection device
  • Fig. 6 is a section in the plane VI. from Fig. 5;
  • FIG. 7 shows a section of the X-ray probe of an X-ray applicator and a section of a third alternative embodiment for a probe protection device
  • Fig. 9 shows a second embodiment for a combination of X-ray applicator and probe protection.
  • the balloon catheter comprises a balloon 104 which is filled with fluid medium 105.
  • the catheter shaft 101 is made of flexible plastic material.
  • a lumen 106 is formed in the catheter shaft 101.
  • a mechanical stop 107 is provided on an inner end piece 120 located in the balloon 104. The stop 107 allows a simple and quick positioning of the X-ray probe 102 in the balloon catheter.
  • the X-ray probe 102 may be inserted into the balloon 104 through the catheter shaft 101.
  • the balloon 104 is made of a hard plastic, eg made of PET.
  • the catheter shaft 101 consists of a soft and elastic plastic, for example of silicone.
  • a port 108 is formed on the balloon catheter 100.
  • the port 108 is connected to the balloon 104 of the balloon catheter 100 via a fluid line 109.
  • the balloon 104 may be filled via the port 108 with the fluid medium 105.
  • a fluid medium 105 is particularly suitable sterile isotonic saline. Sterile isotonic saline ensures high patient safety. In principle, however, gases could also be used to infiltrate the balloon 104 in the balloon catheter.
  • the X-ray probe is located in the inner lumen 106 of the catheter shaft 101. It is in direct contact with the stop 107. Thereby, the isocenter of the X-ray probe 102, i. the center of the area from which the X-radiation emanates are placed in the center 110 of the balloon 104 of the balloon catheter 100. In addition, such unnecessary radiation exposure of healthy tissue to a patient can be avoided by imaging techniques such as CT to determine if the X-ray probe is properly positioned in the balloon catheter.
  • the material making up the stop 107 has similar physical properties as isotonic saline, which is suitable as a filling medium 105 for the balloon 104. This has the effect that an isotropic radiation field generated by the X-ray probe is not permanently influenced by the balloon catheter, as would be the case with different scattering properties for X-radiation of filling medium and impact material in the balloon catheter.
  • the position of the stop 107 in the balloon 104 of the balloon catheter 100 is tuned to the geometry of the X-ray probe 102 as follows: In operation of the assembly, the isocenter of the X-ray probe 102, i. In addition, this measure ensures that for visualizing the position of the X-ray probe 102 of the X-ray applicator 103, when inserted in the balloon catheter 100 into a patient's body, that the patient is not exposed to excessive radiation exposure.
  • the stop 107 in the balloon catheter 100 a material whose scattering characteristic for X-rays differs from the scattering characteristic of the fluid medium 105 used for filling the balloon 104 of the balloon catheter 100. If the stopper 107 is made of material that strongly absorbs or diffuses X-ray radiation, a suitable geometry of the stopper 107 can be made to little affect the radiation characteristic of the X-ray probe 102. If z. B. the stop with formed a star-shaped, hollow cylindrical or cage-like geometry, exist at the stopper openings through which X-ray radiation can pass unhindered.
  • the balloon catheter 100 can be doped at suitable locations with material which scatters X-ray radiation. Alternatively or additionally, it is possible to provide shields and filters in the balloon catheter 100.
  • FIG. 2 shows a partial section of a balloon catheter 200 with an X-ray probe 202 modified in comparison to the balloon catheter 100 of FIG.
  • the assemblies in the section 200 of the balloon catheter correspond to assemblies comprising the balloon catheter 100 from FIG. 1, these are identified in FIG. 2 by reference numbers in the form of numbers, which are increased by the number 100 in comparison with FIG.
  • a stop 221 for the X-ray probe 202 is formed in the catheter shaft 201 which receives the X-ray probe 202 in an end section 220 in the balloon 204.
  • This stopper 221 is made of a material that attenuates or scatters X-rays less than the filling medium 205 provided for the balloon 204.
  • This filter 223 is made of aluminum. Aluminum absorbs X-rays comparatively strong.
  • the filter 223 has a crescent-shaped cross section in the sectional plane of the partial section shown in FIG. This geometry of the filter 223 causes X-ray radiation emerging from the X-ray probe 202 in the direction of the axis 2204 to be attenuated more than X-ray radiation emitted by the X-ray probe 202 at an angle 225 to the axis 224.
  • FIG. 3 shows in section another balloon catheter 300 with X-ray applicator 303.
  • the balloon catheter 300 is compared to the balloon catheter 100 of FIG. 1 and the balloon catheter 200 of FIG. 2 modified.
  • the balloon catheter 300 and the X-ray applicator 303 have assemblies that are also provided in the balloon catheter 100 and the X-ray applicator 103 of FIG. 1, these have in Fig. 3 reference numerals in the form of numbers, compared to Fig. 1 by the number 200 are increased.
  • the balloon catheter 300 has a catheter shaft 301 with a lumen 306 for receiving the X-ray probe 302 of the X-ray applicator 303.
  • the balloon catheter 300 comprises a balloon 304, which is arranged on a front section 331 of the catheter shaft 301.
  • a fluid line 309 is formed to a port 308.
  • the balloon 304 can be filled with fluid medium 305.
  • an end piece in the form of a tubular stabilizing element 332 is arranged in the front portion 331 of the balloon catheter 300.
  • the tubular stabilizing element 332 is made of plastic. On the one hand, it stiffens the balloon catheter 300 in the front portion in the direction of the axis 333. On the other hand, it serves as a stop for the sleeve-shaped attachment 334 of a
  • the sleeve-shaped adapter 339 is made of rigid plastic. However, it is also possible to carry out the sleeve-shaped attachment 339 made of stainless steel.
  • the sleeve-shaped attachment 339 is tubular. It stabilizes the X-ray probe 302.
  • the probe protection device 335 is connected to the X-ray applicator 303 by a first interface 336 fixed to the housing 337 of the X-ray applicator 303.
  • the probe protection device 335 has a front portion 340.
  • This end portion 340 is adapted to engage in a Aufhahmeabêt 341, the tubular stabilizing element 332 has.
  • the end portion 340 of the sleeve-shaped attachment 339 of the probe protection device 335 and the receiving portion 341 of the tubular stabilizing element 332 thus form a second interface 342, which acts as a frictional connection.
  • the balloon catheter 300 is designed to receive the X-ray probe 302 with the sleeve-shaped attachment 339 of the probe protection device 335.
  • the geometry of the probe protection device 335 with the interfaces 336 and 342 is matched to the geometry of the X-ray applicator 303 around the balloon catheter 300 in such a way that the X-ray emission center 343 from the X-ray probe 302 stands alone taken in the center of the balloon 304 when it is filled with fluid medium 305 bulging.
  • a target 344 made of gold is arranged in the X-ray probe 302.
  • electrons 345 are accelerated from an electron source 346 by means of high voltage applied to an acceleration stage 347.
  • the X-ray applicator 303 includes magnetic deflection coils 348.
  • a magnetic field can be adjusted to deflect the accelerated to the target 344 345 electrons. This makes it possible to set the location 349 where the accelerating electrons 345 strike the target.
  • the spatial radiation profile of the X-ray radiation 343 released by the X-ray probe 302 can be adjusted, and it is possible to compensate for changes in the spatial radiation profile due to bending of the X-ray probe 302 within certain limits.
  • the sleeve-shaped attachment 339 of the probe protector 335 acts as a mechanical stabilizer for the X-ray probe 302. It secures the X-ray probe 302 against bending relative to the axis 333. This measure allows, through the balloon 304 of the balloon catheter 300 and the sleeve-shaped attachment 339 of the probe protection device 335 in FIG To initiate mechanical forces to the X-ray applicator 303 without resulting in excessive mechanical loading of the X-ray probe 302, which in a manner affects the radiation profile from the X-ray radiation released by the X-ray probe, which can no longer be compensated by suitably driving the magnetic deflection coils 348 ,
  • X-ray applicator 303 balloon catheter 300 and probe protection device 335 is particularly suitable for use in an adjustable Statiworraum which is automatically adjusted and tracked due to the forces introduced into the arrangement, so as to compensate for respiratory movements of a patient in IORT ,
  • Such an adjustable status device can be designed, for example, as a server device in which the tripod axes are adjusted by means of suitable actuators on the basis of a force introduced into the arrangement of X-ray applicator 303, balloon catheter 300 and probe protection device 335.
  • a Statiworcardi a Statiworcardi with balanced tripod axis, in which of the arrangement of X-ray applicator 303, balloon catheter 300 and probe guard 335 absorbs frictional and inertial forces that occur on the corresponding tripod.
  • FIG. 4 shows a section of the balloon catheter 300 with probe protection device 335 and X-ray applicator 303 from FIG. 3 along the line IV-IV.
  • FIG. 4 shows assemblies which can also be seen in FIG. 3, these are the same Reference numerals as I Fig. 3 indicated.
  • the wall 401 of the tubular stabilizing element 332 of the probe protection device has openings 402 through which X-ray radiation can penetrate through the balloon 304 into the patient tissue without attenuation.
  • balloon catheters and X-ray applicators may also be provided to form the balloon catheter without corresponding abutment for the X-ray probe or to provide a probe guard which permits free positioning allows the X-ray probe in the balloon catheter. It is advantageous to provide a mechanical or an electric drive for moving the X-ray applicator in the balloon catheter.
  • FIG. 5 shows an X-ray applicator 503 with a probe protection device 535 suitable for IORT with a balloon catheter, as described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
  • the X-ray applicator 503 has assemblies that correspond to assemblies of the X-ray applicator 303 of FIG. 3, these are compared with FIG. 3 increased by the number 100 numbers identified as reference numerals.
  • the X-ray applicator 503 includes an X-ray probe 502.
  • the X-ray probe 502 is located in a probe protector 535.
  • the probe protector 535 includes a first sleeve-shaped attachment 551 and a second sleeve-shaped attachment 552.
  • a first hemispherical termination 553 is formed at the distal end of the first sleeve-shaped attachment 551.
  • the second sleeve-shaped attachment 552 has a hemispherical termination 554.
  • the hemispherical seals 553, 554 are in the form of partial cylinder shells.
  • the first hemispherical termination 553 and the second hemispherical termination 554 are stainless steel.
  • Stainless steel is a material that strongly absorbs X-rays.
  • the second sleeve-shaped attachment 552 can be rotated in the first sleeve-shaped attachment 551 about the axis 555.
  • the probe protection device 535 For rotating the first sleeve-shaped attachment 551, the probe protection device 535 has an electric drive 556.
  • the second sleeve-shaped attachment 552 can be moved about the axis 555 by means of an electric drive 557.
  • the hemispherical terminations 553, 554 can be rotated coaxially with each other.
  • FIG. 6 shows a section of the X-ray applicator 503 with the probe protection device 535 in the sectional plane indicated by VI in FIG. 5 and the viewing direction indicated there. Identical assemblies are indicated in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 with identical reference numerals.
  • an opening angle 556 can be set in which X-rays 557 for IORT can be delivered from the X-ray probe 502 into the corresponding balloon catheter to patient tissue.
  • the movable hemispherical terminations 553, 554 thus enable the defined configuration of the arrangement for a radiation therapy application. It should be noted that instead of two electric drives 556, 557 for the adjustment of the hemispherical terminations 553, 554, mechanical drives can also be provided. In addition, it is possible to provide only one drive and to couple the two sleeve-shaped attachments by means of gear with each other in order to be able to move these coordinated with each other.
  • FIG. 7 shows a portion of another modified embodiment of an X-ray applicator with a probe protector suitable for use with a balloon catheter.
  • the X-ray applicator 703 has an X-ray probe 702 which provides x-ray beams 772 having an isocentric radiation characteristic in a front section 771.
  • the probe protection device is designed with an adjustable sleeve-shaped section 773, which consists of stainless steel and thus strongly absorbs X-rays.
  • the solid angle range " ⁇ " in which X-ray radiation is delivered to patient tissue in a balloon catheter can be varied
  • FIG. 8 shows a section of a further X-ray applicator 803 to which a probe protection device 835 is assigned.
  • the arrangement of X-ray applicator 803 and probe protection device 835 shown in FIG. 8 comprises an interlock system 880.
  • the interlock system 880 has a connection section 810, by means of which it can be fastened to a tripod device, not shown.
  • the interlock system 880 is fixed to the probe protector 835.
  • the interlock system 880 comprises a first unit 881 for interlock and a corresponding second unit 882.
  • the first unit 881 has a transmitter 883 which generates a first optical signal which is supplied via mirror surfaces 884, 885 at the interlock system 880 to a receiver unit 887.
  • the second unit 882 has a transmitter 888 which generates a corresponding pulsed optical signal which can reach a receiver unit 891 via mirror surfaces 889, 890.
  • the pulse frequencies for the optical signal of the first unit 881 and the second unit 882 are different.
  • the interlock system 880 is connected to a control unit (not shown) of the X-ray applicator. It causes the X-ray applicator 803 to release only X-ray radiation when the probe guard 835 is connected to the X-ray applicator 803.
  • FIG. 9 shows a further X-ray applicator 903 with a probe protection device 935.
  • This arrangement comprises an interlock system 980 which has a connection section 990.
  • the X-ray applicator 903 and the probe protection device 935 can in turn be accommodated on a tripod device which is not shown further.
  • the interlock system 980 contains as the first unit 991 a bar code reader 993 which is designed for the triggering of encrypted data. By means of the barcode reader 993, a barcode 994 can be read out as coding in the connection section 990.
  • a unit is provided in the interlock system, as it corresponds to the first unit in the interlock system 880 of FIG. 8.
  • the assemblies of this second unit 992 are marked with numbers increased by 100 compared to FIG. 8 as reference numerals.
  • the system can thus prevent the irradiation if certain conditions, e.g. Size, type, expiry date are not met. In this case, it is 100% sure that the exposed applicator will be used for the irradiation.
  • certain conditions e.g. Size, type, expiry date are not met.
  • the bar code contains only a factor or function, whereby a standard file for this type of applicator on the system is adapted to the really adapted applicator.
  • the barcode reader can be integrated in the optical interlock or mounted as an extra barcode reader.
  • the barcode can be applied directly to the reflective surface or on the shaft of the applicator and / or on the X-ray probe protection.

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L'invention concerne un cathéter à ballonnet (300) pour un applicateur de rayons X, ainsi qu'un applicateur de rayons X (303) à utiliser avec un cathéter à ballonnet (300) correspondant. Le cathéter à ballonnet (300) peut être rempli d'un milieu (305) et présente un ballonnet (304) à volume extensible ainsi qu'une tige de cathéter (301) pour l'introduction de l'applicateur de rayons X (303). Le ballonnet (304) ou la tige de cathéter (301) comprend une pièce terminale interne rigide (332) dans le prolongement de la tige de cathéter (301).
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