Portable magneto-mechanical delivery device and method for delivery of reactive substances
OwnerAdelheid Kuehnle, Manfred R. Kuehnleinventors
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Abstract
A method of delivery of reactive substances that are attached to magnetizable needle-like particles using a magneto-mechanical delivery device. The subject method and device can be utilized for the delivery of reactive or other substances, such as DNA via the penetration of a target body. Such penetration of a target or multiple targets can initiate the interaction between the material contained within the target site and the chemical substances delivered by the particles into the targets. In a preferred embodiment, the subject device is portable and does not require electrical power.
Claims26
A magneto-mechanical device for the delivery of substances into a target material comprising:
- a) a first surface comprising a plurality of magnetizable particles wherein said magnetizable particles protrude substantially perpendicular from the face of said first surface;
- b) a second surface substantially parallel to the first surface;
- c) at least one magnet for positioning said magnetizable particles;
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- d) a means to bring said first surface and said second surface towards each other whereby magnetizable particles contact a target material which has been placed on either said first surface or said second surface so as to cause said particles to penetrate the target material, thereby delivering a substance on said particles into the target material.
A particle pack for the magneto-mechanical transfer of substances to a target material comprising needle-like magnetizable particles contained in a matrix wherein said magnetizable particles are substantially parallel to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.