Method and system for delivering exogenous biomolecules into the eye and method for forming pores into target cells of an eye

A system for delivering exogenous biomolecules into an eye, the system comprising:

• a mixture having a plurality of exogenous biomolecules and a plurality of plasmonic structures, said mixture being injectable into a region of said eye in a manner resulting in the plasmonic structures adjoining membranes of target cells of said eye, the plasmonic structures having a plasmonic resonance wavelength;
• and
• an irradiation subsystem configured for irradiating said region of said eye with a laser beam having a wavelength being offset to said plasmonic resonance wavelength, said irradiating causing the plasmonic structures to form pores in said membranes of said target cells, allowing at least some of the exogenous biomolecules to be delivered into the target cells via said pores, wherein said laser beam is a femtosecond laser beam with pulses having a time duration in the femtosecond range.

A method for delivering exogenous biomolecules into an eye, the method comprising the steps of:

• injecting, into a region of the eye, a mixture having a plurality of exogenous biomolecules and a plurality of plasmonic structures, the plasmonic structures having a plasmonic resonance wavelength, the plasmonic structures adjoining membranes of target cells in said region due to said injecting;
• and
• irradiating said region of said eye with a laser beam having a wavelength being offset to said plasmonic resonance wavelength, said irradiating causing the plasmonic structures to form pores in said membranes of said target cells, allowing at least some of the exogenous biomolecules to be delivered into the target cells via said pores, wherein said laser beam is a femtosecond laser beam with pulses having a time duration in the femtosecond range.