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公开(公告)号:US20200375868A1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-03
申请号:US16612632
申请日:2018-05-14
Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. , The General Hospital Corporation
Inventor: Denitsa M. Milanova , George M. Church , Noah Davidsohn , Carl Schoellhammer , Robert S. Langer , Anna I. Mandinova , Carlo Giovanni Traverso , Li Li
Abstract: A method of delivering a recombinant virus to a skin tissue is provided. The method includes applying ultrasound to the skin tissue, and administering the recombinant virus to the skin tissue.
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公开(公告)号:US20200324095A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-15
申请号:US16614172
申请日:2018-05-17
Inventor: Carlo Giovanni Traverso , Alex G. Abramson , Ester Caffarel Salvador , Niclas Roxhed , Minsoo Khang , Taylor Bensel , Robert S. Langer
Abstract: Components with relatively high loading of active pharmaceutical ingredients are generally provided. In some embodiments, the component (e.g., a tissue interfacing component) comprises a solid therapeutic agent and a supporting material such that the solid therapeutic agent is present in the component in an amount of greater than or equal to 10 wt % versus the total weight of the tissue interfacing component. Such tissue-interfacing components may be useful for delivery of API doses e.g., to a subject. Advantageously, in some embodiments, the reduction of volume required to deliver the required API dose as compared to a liquid formulation permits the creation of solid needle delivery systems for a wide variety of drugs in a variety of places/tissues (e.g., tongue, GI mucosal tissue, skin) and/or reduces and/or eliminates the application of an external force in order to inject a drug solution through the small opening in the needle. In some cases, a physiologically relevant dose may be present in a single tissue interfacing component.
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公开(公告)号:US20200306515A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-01
申请号:US16614299
申请日:2018-05-17
Inventor: Carlo Giovanni Traverso , Alex G. Abramson , Ester Caffarel Salvador , Niclas Roxhed , Minsoo Khang , Taylor Bensel , David Dellal , Robert S. Langer
Abstract: Self-righting articles, such as self-righting capsules for administration to a subject, are generally provided. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may be configured such that the article may orient itself relative to a surface (e.g., a surface of a tissue of a subject). The self-righting articles described herein may comprise one or more tissue engaging surfaces configured to engage (e.g., interface with, inject into, anchor) with a surface (e.g., a surface of a tissue of a subject). In some embodiments, the self-righting article may have a particular shape and/or distribution of density (or mass) which, for example, enables the self-righting behavior of the article. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may comprise a tissue interfacing component and/or a pharmaceutical agent (e.g., for delivery of the active pharmaceutical agent to a location internal of the subject). In some cases, upon contact of the tissue with the tissue engaging surface of the article, the self-righting article may be configured to release one or more tissue interfacing components. In some cases, the tissue interfacing component is associated with a self-actuating component. For example, the self-righting article may comprise a self-actuating component configured, upon exposure to a fluid, to release the tissue interfacing component from the self-righting article. In some cases, the tissue interfacing component may comprise and/or be associated with the pharmaceutical agent (e.g., for delivery to a location internal to a subject).
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公开(公告)号:US20200280356A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-03
申请号:US16876068
申请日:2020-05-17
Inventor: Yunfei Ma , Zhihong Luo , Christoph Steiger , Carlo Giovanni Traverso , Fadel Adib
Abstract: Multiple antennas of a beamformer may simultaneously transmit wireless signals at different frequencies. The signals may comprise synchronized, identical wireless commands, each at a different carrier frequency. The transmitted signals may constructively and destructively interfere with each other at a receiver antenna, to form a beat signal. When the transmitted signals constructively interfere, the beat signal may cause a voltage in the receiver to exceed a threshold voltage. The threshold voltage may be a minimum voltage at which a device, which is operatively connected to the receiver antenna, is able to perform energy harvesting or wireless communication. The beamformer may operate under blind channel conditions, because the transmitted frequencies may be selected in such a way as to maximize peak power delivered under all possible channel conditions. The beamformer may deliver wireless power to a sensor or actuator that is located deep inside bodily tissue.
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公开(公告)号:US10596110B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-24
申请号:US16014549
申请日:2018-06-21
Inventor: Andrew Bellinger , Shiyi Zhang , Carlo Giovanni Traverso , Robert S. Langer , Stacy Mo , Tyler Grant , Mousa Jafari , Dean Liang Glettig , Angela DiCiccio , Omar Abouzid , Ameya R. Kirtane
Abstract: Residence structures, systems, and related methods are generally provided. Certain embodiments comprise administering (e.g., orally) a residence structure to a subject (e.g., a patient) such that the residence structure is retained at a location internal to the subject for a particular amount of time (e.g., at least about 24 hours) before being released. The residence structure may be, in some cases, a gastric residence structure. In some embodiments, the structures and systems described herein comprise one or more materials configured for high levels of active substances (e.g., a therapeutic agent) loading, high active substance and/or structure stability in acidic environments, mechanical flexibility and strength in an internal orifice (e.g., gastric cavity), easy passage through the GI tract until delivery to at a desired internal orifice (e.g., gastric cavity), and/or rapid dissolution/degradation in a physiological environment (e.g., intestinal environment) and/or in response to a chemical stimulant (e.g., ingestion of a solution that induces rapid dissolution/degradation). In certain embodiments, the structure has a modular design, combining a material configured for controlled release of therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or enhancement agents with a structural material necessary for gastric residence but configured for controlled and/or tunable degradation/dissolution to determine the time at which retention shape integrity is lost and the structure passes out of the gastric cavity. For example, in certain embodiments, the residence structure comprises a first elastic component, a second component configured to release an active substance (e.g., a therapeutic agent), and, optionally, a linker. In some such embodiments, the linker may be configured to degrade such that the residence structure breaks apart and is released from the location internally of the subject after a predetermined amount of time.
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公开(公告)号:US20190175500A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-13
申请号:US16277516
申请日:2019-02-15
Inventor: Andrew Bellinger , Shiyi Zhang , Carlo Giovanni Traverso , Robert S. Langer , Stacy Mo , Tyler Grant , Mousa Jafari , Dean Liang Glettig , Angela DiCiccio , Lowell L. Wood, JR. , Philip A. Eckhoff
IPC: A61K9/00 , A61K47/58 , A61K47/69 , A61K31/357 , A61K31/65 , A61K31/7048 , A61K47/10 , A61K47/32 , A61K47/34 , A61K47/40 , A61K47/42 , A61M31/00 , C08G18/42 , C08G18/73 , C08G63/08 , C08G83/00 , C08L33/02 , C08L33/08 , C08L33/14 , A61K9/48
Abstract: Residence structures, systems, and related methods are generally provided. Certain embodiments comprise administering (e.g., orally) a residence structure to a subject (e.g., a patient) such that the residence structure is retained at a location internal to the subject for a particular amount of time (e.g., at least about 24 hours) before being released. The residence structure may be, in some cases, a gastric residence structure. In some embodiments, the structures and systems described herein comprise one or more materials configured for high levels of active substances (e.g., a therapeutic agent) loading, high active substance and/or structure stability in acidic environments, mechanical flexibility and strength in an internal orifice (e.g., gastric cavity), easy passage through the GI tract until delivery to at a desired internal orifice (e.g., gastric cavity), and/or rapid dissolution/degradation in a physiological environment (e.g., intestinal environment) and/or in response to a chemical stimulant (e.g., ingestion of a solution that induces rapid dissolution/degradation). In certain embodiments, the structure has a modular design, combining a material configured for controlled release of therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or enhancement agents with a structural material necessary for gastric residence but configured for controlled and/or tunable degradation/dissolution to determine the time at which retention shape integrity is lost and the structure passes out of the gastric cavity. For example, in certain embodiments, the residence structure comprises a first elastic component, a second component configured to release an active substance (e.g., a therapeutic agent), and, optionally, a linker. In some such embodiments, the linker may be configured to degrade such that the residence structure breaks apart and is released from the location internally of the subject after a predetermined amount of time.
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公开(公告)号:US20190111130A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-18
申请号:US16162060
申请日:2018-10-16
Inventor: Robert S. Langer , Carlo Giovanni Traverso , Dan Minahan , Taylor A. Bensel , Thomas von Erlach , Carl Magnus Schoellhammer
Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a pharmaceutical agent and an ultrasound enhancing agent. The compositions are useful in combination with ultrasound to enhance delivery of a pharmaceutical agent to, for example, tissue of a subject in need thereof. Accordingly, also provided herein are methods involving ultrasound for delivering a pharmaceutical agent to a subject, e.g., a subject that has inflammatory bowel disease or proctitis.
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公开(公告)号:US20170311894A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-02
申请号:US15498268
申请日:2017-04-26
Inventor: Phillip Nadeau , Dina El-Damak , Dean Glettig , Yong Lin Kong , Niclas Roxhed , Robert Langer , Anantha P. Chandrakasan , Carlo Giovanni Traverso
IPC: A61B5/00 , A61B5/01 , A61B5/024 , A61B1/04 , H01M6/04 , A61B5/03 , H01M4/06 , A61B5/145 , A61B5/08 , A61B5/07 , H01M6/34 , H01M4/38
CPC classification number: A61B5/6861 , A61B1/00027 , A61B1/041 , A61B5/01 , A61B5/024 , A61B5/036 , A61B5/073 , A61B5/08 , A61B5/14503 , A61B5/14539 , A61B2503/40 , A61B2560/0214 , H01M2/1022 , H01M4/06 , H01M4/38 , H01M6/045 , H01M6/34 , H01M2220/30 , H01M2300/0005
Abstract: Aspects disclosed in the detailed description include an ingestible power harvesting device and related applications. An ingestible power harvesting device includes a cathode electrode and an anode electrode that can catalyze a power generating reaction to generate a direct current (DC) power when surrounded by an acidic electrolyte. The cathode electrode and the anode electrode are coupled to an encapsulated electronic device that includes power harvesting circuitry configured to harvest the DC power and output a DC supply voltage for a prolonged period. In examples discussed herein, the prolonged period is at least five days. The DC supply voltage powers an electronic circuit in the encapsulated electronic device to support a defined in vivo operation (e.g., controlled drug delivery, in vivo vital signs monitoring, etc.). As such, the ingestible power harvesting device can operate in vivo for the prolonged period without requiring an embedded conventional battery.
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公开(公告)号:US12138034B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-12
申请号:US18541818
申请日:2023-12-15
Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology , The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. , The General Hospital Corporation
Inventor: Robert S. Langer , Carlo Giovanni Traverso , Malvika Verma , Feyisope Eweje , Christoph Winfried Johannes Steiger , Junwei Li , Nhi Phan , Hen-Wei Huang , Jacqueline Chu , John Ashraf Fou Salama
Abstract: Drug delivery articles, resident articles, and retrieval systems e.g., for gram-level dosing, are generally provided. In some embodiments, the residence articles are configured for transesophageal administration, transesophageal retrieval, and/or gastric retention to/in a subject. In certain embodiments, the residence article includes dimensions configured for transesophageal administration with a gastric resident system. In some cases, the residence article may be configured to control drug release e.g., with zero-order drug kinetics with no potential for burst release for weeks to months. In some embodiments, the residence articles described herein comprise biocompatible materials and/or are safe for gastric retention. In certain embodiments, the residence article includes dimensions configured for transesophageal retrieval. In some cases, the residence articles described herein may comprise relatively large doses of drug (e.g., greater than or equal to 1 gram).
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公开(公告)号:US20240366719A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-07
申请号:US18660924
申请日:2024-05-10
Inventor: Robert S. Langer , Carlo Giovanni Traverso , Junwei Li , Thomas Wang , Ameya R. Kirtane , Yunhua Shi
IPC: A61K38/17 , A61K31/495 , A61K45/06 , A61L24/04 , A61L24/06 , A61L24/08 , A61L27/16 , A61L27/18 , A61L27/20 , C12N9/08
Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, and kits that enable the in situ growth of polymers on or within a subject. In some aspects, the monomer, dopamine, polymerizes in vivo to form a polymer on a tissue. In additional aspects, the compositions, methods, and kits are useful for treating or preventing a disease or disorder.
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