Appeal No. 2002-0933
Application No. 09/325,944
cancer or other diseases, and more particularly to a treatment
catheter or transport tube (24) having a specially designed
connector hub (26) allowing a radioactive source or sources to be
maneuvered from an afterloader in a non-sterile environment into
a sterile environment associated with the patient without the
occurrence of contamination. In addition, it is noted
(specification, page 12) that the specially designed connector
hub (26) and the socket portion of connector port (30) assure the
correct fit and connection of the treatment lumen to the
afterloader device and also directly communicate with the
afterloader device after the connector hub is locked in place to
insure that the connection between the treatment catheter and the
afterloader is complete. More particularly, pages 16 and 17 of
the specification indicate that when one or both of sensors (46)
or (48) associated with switches (50, 52) are depressed and the
transport tube (24) is firmly locked to the afterloader, a signal
is sent to the controller electronics of the afterloader through
wiring (54) to thereby allow movement of a drive member through
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