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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Robert C. Stirbl, Pasadena, CA (US);
Malcolm L. Snead, Valencia, CA (US);
Jimmy Xu, Providence, RI (US);
Ellen S. Vitetta, Dallas, TX (US);
Peter J. Wilk, New York, NY (US);
Robert C. Stirbl, Pasadena, CA (US);
Malcolm L. Snead, Valencia, CA (US);
Jimmy Xu, Providence, RI (US);
Ellen S. Vitetta, Dallas, TX (US);
Peter J. Wilk, New York, NY (US);
Wilk Patent Development Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A composition of microscopic devices utilizable in a medical diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. Each microscopic device includes a nanostructure provided with a ligand for effectively coupling the nanostructure to a predetermined chemical or molecular site. A medical method in part comprises inserting the medical devices into a patient, attaching the nanostructures via the respective ligands to instances of a predetermined type of target structure inside the patient, and thereafter activating the nanostructures to perform a preselected medical diagnostic or therapeutic function.