System for delivery of medical components to the lungs
AssigneeSintef Tto AS
InventorsYrr Mørch, Einar Sulheim
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to pharmaceutical formulations. Particularly, the present invention relates to a new delivery system for delivery of medical components to the lungs, and its utility in the fields of pharmaceutical formulation, drug delivery, medicine and diagnosis.
Claims26
A method of delivering at least one medical component associated with a nanoparticle to a target tissue that is a lung, tissue of a respiratory system and/or a nearby tissue and releasing the medical component into the target tissue, the method comprising intravenously administering a delivery system into the bloodstream, wherein the delivery system comprises a gas-filled microbubble, a plurality of nanoparticles and at least one medical component associated with one or more of the nanoparticles, wherein the one or more nanoparticles are not liposomes, wherein the medical component is a therapeutic agent and wherein the delivery to the target tissue and the release of the medical component is without ultrasound.
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