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US 2011/0213193 A1Published application
Magnetic Nanodelivery of Therapeutic Agents Across the Blood Brain Barrier
AssigneeThe Florida International University Board of Trustees
InventorsMadhavan P.N. Nair, Zainulabedin M. Saiyed
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Abstract
Liposomes comprising magnetic nanoparticles bound to one or more therapeutic agents are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods of delivering a therapeutic agent to a patient across the blood brain barrier using these liposomes, and optionally applying an external magnetic field.
Claims20
A method of delivering at least one therapeutic agent to a patient across a blood brain barrier comprising
- administering to the patient a liposome comprising magnetic nanoparticles and at least one therapeutic agent bound to a surface of the magnetic nanop article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.