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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2020
Immunolight, Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Frederic A. Bourke, Jr., Aspen, CO (US);
Harold Walder, Oak Island, NC (US);
Zakaryae Fathi, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael J. Therien, Durham, NC (US);
Mark W. Dewhirst, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ian N. Stanton, Durham, NC (US);
Jennifer Ann Ayres, Raleigh, NC (US);
Diane Renee Fels, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph A. Herbert, Richmond, VA (US);
IMMUNOLIGHT, LLC., Detroit, MI (US);
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for treating a disease, disorder, or condition in a subject in need thereof, by administering either or both of (i) at least one photoactivatable pharmaceutical agent, or (ii) a first plurality of energy-emitting particles, into the subject in a region of the disease, disorder, or condition, whereby the administering is performed through inhalation; and applying an applied electromagnetic energy to the subject, wherein the applied electromagnetic energy directly or indirectly activates the at least one photoactivatable pharmaceutical agent, when present, and wherein when the first plurality of energy-emitting particles is present, the first plurality of energy-emitting particles absorbs the applied energy and emits an emitted electromagnetic energy, wherein the emitted electromagnetic energy interacts directly with the region of the disease, disorder, or condition or activates the at least one photoactivatable pharmaceutical agent.