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US 11,590,072 B2Granted
Implantable nanochannel delivery devices
AssigneeThe Methodist Hospital System
InventorsAlessandro Grattoni, Edward Brian Butler, Ganesh Palapattu
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Abstract
An implantable device comprising a nanochanneled membrane is described. The device uses nanofluidics to control the delivery of diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents intratumorally. The devices can be used for chemotherapy, radiosensitization, immunomodulation, and imaging contrast.
Claims17
An implantable fiducial marker device, comprising:
- a tubular body made of a radiopaque material, with a length of less than 5 mm, defining a first opening, a reservoir, and a nanochanneled membrane disposed within the first opening.
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