Methods for prolonging cell membrane permeability
AssigneeIchor Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorsRobert M. Bernard, Andrew W. Hannaman, Silvia Sfiligoi
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Abstract
Methods for improving the efficiency of electroporation protocols as well as methods to enhance the permeabilized state, in order to improve the intracellular delivery of therapeutic substances, involve the use of at least one agent which is capable of prolonging the permeability of the cell membranes in the tissue exposed to an electroporation-inducing electrical field.
Claims16
A method for delivering a therapeutic substance to a region of tissue in a patient comprising:
- providing a therapeutic substance to a patient in need of said substance;
- establishing an electrical field which encompasses a region of tissue within said patient;
- exposing said region of tissue to said electrical field for a time and under conditions sufficient to permit the permeation of said substance across the cell membranes of cells located within said region of tissue;
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- administering to said patient at least one agent which is capable of prolonging the permeability of the cell membranes in the tissue exposed to said electrical field in a manner so that said agent does not contact said region of tissue until after the tissue's exposure to the electrical field.
In a method for delivering a therapeutic substance to a region of tissue located in a patient wherein said tissue has been exposed to an electroporation-inducing electrical field, the improvement comprising:
- contacting said tissue after it has been exposed to said electrical field with at least one agent which is capable of prolonging the permeability of the cell membranes in the tissue exposed to said electrical field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.