Method and related composition employing nanostructures
AssigneeWilk Patent Development Corporation
InventorsRobert C. Stirbl, Malcolm L. Snead, Jimmy Xu, Ellen S. Vitetta, Peter J. Wilk
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Abstract
A composition of microscopic devices utilizable in a medical diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. Each microscopic device includes a nanostructure provided with a ligand for effectively coupling the nanostructure to a predetermined chemical or molecular site. A medical method in part comprises inserting the medical devices into a patient, attaching the nanostructures via the respective ligands to instances of a predetermined type of target structure inside the patient, and thereafter activating the nanostructures to perform a preselected medical diagnostic or therapeutic function.
Claims65
A medical method comprising:
- providing an implantable microscopic medical device including a nanostructure provided with a ligand;
- inserting said medical device into a patient;
- effectively attaching said nanostructure via said ligand to an instance of a predetermined type of target structure inside the patient;
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- after the attaching of said nanostructure to said instance of said target structure, utilizing said nanostructure to perform a preselected medical diagnostic or therapeutic function.
A medical composition comprising:
- a biocompatible fluid carrier matrix;
- and
- at least one microscopic medical device including a nanostructure provided with a ligand, said medical device being disposed in said matrix, said ligand being effectively attachable to a predetermined type of target structure inside a patient, said nanostructure being utilizable, after an effective attachment of said nanostructure to an instance of said target structure via said ligand, to perform a preselected medical diagnostic or therapeutic function.
A medical composition comprising an effective number or concentration of microscopic medical devices each including a nanostructure provided with a ligand effectively attachable to a predetermined type of target structure inside a patient, said nanostructure being utilizable, after an effective attachment of said nanostructure to an instance of said target structure via said ligand, to perform a preselected medical diagnostic or therapeutic function.
A composition comprising a plurality of microscopic devices each including at least one nanostructure provided with at least one ligand for effectively attaching the nanostructure to a predetermined type of target structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.