Imaging and treatment method for body
AssigneeLuna Innovations Incorporated
InventorsMichael B. Miller, Kent A. Murphy, Harry C. Dorn, Steven A. Stevenson, Janice P. Stevenson, Shufang Luo
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Abstract
A method for imagining and treating a body employing at least one trimetallic nitride template endohedral metallofullerene compound is disclosed. The compound has at least one diagnostic and at least one treatment atom encapsulated within a fullerene cage. The two atoms are different from each other. The compound is administered into a body, traced, and allowed to react at a targeted area of the body.
Claims15
A method for imaging and treating an area of a body, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing at least one trimetallic nitride template endohedral metallofullerene compound having at least one diagnostic atom and at least one treatment atom encapsulated within a fullerene cage, wherein the diagnostic atom is different from the treatment atom;
- b) administering the trimetallic nitride template endohedral metallofullerene compound into a body;
- c) tracing the trimetallic nitride template endohedral metallofullerene compound to an area of the body;
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- d) allowing the treatment atom to react in the area of the body.
A method for imaging and treating an area of a body, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing at least one trimetallic nitride template endohedral metallofullerene compound having at least one diagnostic atom and at least one treatment atom encapsulated within a fullerene cage, wherein the diagnostic atom is different from the treatment atom;
- b) administering the trimetallic nitride template endohedral metallofullerene compound into a body;
- c) tracing the Bimetallic nitride template endohedral metallofullerene compound to an area of the body;
- d) allowing the treatment atom to react in the area of the body;
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- e) identifying and recovering the trimetallic nitride template endohedral metallofullerene compound from the body.
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