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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Weijia Wen, Kowloon, HK;
Ping Sheng, Sai Wan Ho, HK;
Xiuqing Gong, Kowloon, HK;
Suili Peng, Kowloon, HK;
Inventors:
Weijia Wen, Kowloon, HK;
Ping Sheng, Sai Wan Ho, HK;
Xiuqing Gong, Kowloon, HK;
Suili Peng, Kowloon, HK;
Assignee:
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Kowloon, HK;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/66 (2006.01); A61K 9/50 (2006.01); A61K 31/616 (2006.01); A61K 31/43 (2006.01); A61K 31/60 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/51 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/60 (2013.01); A61K 9/0009 (2013.01); A61K 9/5031 (2013.01); A61K 9/5036 (2013.01); A61K 9/5138 (2013.01); A61K 31/43 (2013.01); A61K 31/616 (2013.01);
Abstract
The microspheres have many possible applications including smart drug delivery, breaking and damper devices. In one arrangement, a microsphere comprises a shelland a core. The core comprises a liquid, which may be a drug, while the shell comprises magnetic particles. The microsphere is deformable in response to application of an external magnetic field. Also disclose is an arrangement in which a microsphere has a magnetic core and a PDMS shell.