A vacuum assisted handling and loading of radioactive seeds into implant needles from a lead glass shielded glass tube and with seeds manipulated within an enclosed visible radiation shield. Radioactive seeds and spacers are located on a loading platform within a shield having at least two transparent...http://www.google.com/patents/US5906574?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5906574 - Apparatus for vacuum-assisted handling and loading of radioactive seeds and spacers into implant needles within an enclosed visible radiation shield for use in therapeutic radioactive seed implantation