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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2012
Applicants:
Irving N. Weinberg, Bethesda, MD (US);
Pavel Stepanov, North Potomac, MD (US);
Inventors:
Irving N. Weinberg, Bethesda, MD (US);
Pavel Stepanov, North Potomac, MD (US);
Assignee:
WEINBERG MEDICAL PHYSICS LLC, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61N 2/00 (2006.01); A61N 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/05 (2013.01); A61N 2/004 (2013.01); A61N 2/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method direct nanoparticles in a body part under imaging guidance using at least one electromagnet configured and operable to create a magnetic field gradient used to direct the nanoparticles, wherein, the magnetic field gradient used to direct the nano-particles does not substantially interfere with the use of magnetic field gradients whose purpose is to image the body part.