ELECTROMAGNETIC IMPLANT FOR TREATMENT OF SOLID CANCERS

    公开(公告)号:US20240115872A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-11

    申请号:US18270286

    申请日:2021-12-30

    CPC classification number: A61N2/02 A61N2/004

    Abstract: An implant device (105) such as an antennae or coil of wire (107) is implanted into or around a group of cancerous cells such as a tumor (120). A magnetic field generator (205) such as a magnet or electromagnet is placed (310) close to the implant device such that the implant device is within a magnetic field (215) generated (315) by the magnetic field generator. The magnetic field is changed (330), by rotating or moving the magnetic field generator, such that an electric field is induced within the implant device and the group of cancerous cells. The electric field has been shown to reduce the size or number of the cancerous cells, to reduce the growth rate of the cancerous cells, and to halt or reduce metastasis. The strength and frequency of the electric field can be changed based on the type of cancerous cells or based on how the cancerous cells respond to the implant device.

    MICROFLUIDIC BI-DIRECTIONAL MIGRATION ASSAY
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200290039A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16650950

    申请日:2018-10-18

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices and methods for measuring the effect of chemokines and electric fields on cell migration. This approach is inherently non-contact and does not require injection of current. For example, disclosed herein is a device for assessing cell migration that comprises a cell migration chamber and an electromagnet positioned to produce a uniform electric field across the length of the chamber. Also disclosed is a method for assaying a cell that involves loading cells into the disclosed device along with a chemokine in an amount to produce a chemokine gradient, activating the electromagnet to produce an electric field across the cell migration chamber, and imaging the cells to measure the dual effect of the chemokine and the electric field on the cells.

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