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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Paul Stauffer, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Voichita Bar-ad, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Mark Hurwitz, Narberth, PA (US);
Adam Luginbuhl, Gulph Mills, PA (US);
Michele Marcolongo, Aston, PA (US);
Dario Rodrigues, Philadelphia, PA (US);
David Cognetti, Penn Valley, PA (US);
Joseph Curry, Wynewood, PA (US);
Katsiaryna Prudnikova, Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A device having a biocompatible polymer as a body and regularly spaced radiation seeds and regularly spaced magnetic materials disposed of within the body of the biocompatible polymer, or uniformly distributed liquid radiation and magnetic fluid materials within a polymer slab, hollow thick wall polymer shell, or thin wall polymer balloon, as suitable for surgical placement within a resection cavity for treatment of at-risk tissue in the tumor margin with local hyperthermia in combination with radiation and potentially also with chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy that is slowly released from the biocompatible polymer.