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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2012
Christopher Rylander, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Mehmet A. Kosoglu, Fairfax, VA (US);
Robert L. Hood, Blacksburg, VA (US);
John L. Robertson, Floyd, VA (US);
John H. Rossmeisl, Blacksburg, VA (US);
David C. Grant, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Marissa N. Rylander, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Christopher Rylander, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Mehmet A. Kosoglu, Fairfax, VA (US);
Robert L. Hood, Blacksburg, VA (US);
John L. Robertson, Floyd, VA (US);
John H. Rossmeisl, Blacksburg, VA (US);
David C. Grant, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Marissa N. Rylander, Blacksburg, VA (US);
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of optical imaging and therapeutics. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide minimally-invasive Fiberoptic Microneedle Devices (FMDs) for light-based therapeutics, which physically penetrate tissue and deliver light directly into the target area below the skin surface. Embodiments of the invention enable depth-selective and deep photothermal therapeutics and include methods of treating cancer, methods of re-shaping or removing adipose tissue, and methods of delivering drugs or co-delivering drugs and energy to selected tissue.