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Magnetic nanoparticles in dentistry
Published Thursday, January 24, 2019University of Maryland clinical researchers saw a clear need to target therapeutic agents to dental tissues with a method that would avoid the need for an invasive procedure like a root canal. Drs. Masri and Depireux devised a platform strategy to actively deliver therapeutic payloads to the inner tooth, which relies on magnetic nanoparticles...
Investigator(s): Radi Masri, Didier Depireux
Categories: Devices, Medical implants, Drug delivery devices, Platforms, Materials, Dental
Docket: RM-2014-062
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Therapeutic Nano-Particle Magnetic Injector System
Published Tuesday, October 13, 2009BackgroundMagnetic targeted delivery provides the ability to direct therapeutic substances to different tissues in the body using external magnetic fields. Magnetic targeting makes locations of disease, infection, and cancerous growth more accessible and more treatable with greater efficacy and less cost. A tremendous amount of research has...
Categories: Drug delivery devices, Devices, Engineering
Keyword(s): drug delivery, magnetic drug delivery, magnet, magnetic, cancer, tumor
Docket: PS-2008-116