Laura A Minor

US Patent:

20060040390, Feb 23, 2006

Filed:

Aug 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/922477

Inventors:

John Minor - Cleveland OH, US
Laura Minor - Cleveland OH, US

International Classification:

C12N 15/87
A61M 31/00

US Classification:

435455000, 604500000

Abstract:

The invention provides a device, method, system and program for intelligent in vivo cell-level chemical or genetic material delivery; wherein multiple injectable biocompatible physical delivery device containers are used to selectively administer medicine, chemical(s) or genetic materials to a target cell in a patient, human or animal, with reduced systemic toxicity; said delivery device container includes an internal contents-to-cell transfer mechanism, usually a syringe; a biological “key” molecule, magnetic device or vibration frequency signature sensor placed on the surface of the delivery device container which is adapted to selectively bind to said target cell directly or indirectly; a “tag” placed on the surface of the delivery device container, usually metallic and biocompatible in nature, which will display to an observer when scanned through external devices such as x-ray, MRI, CT, sound, etc.; and a release mechanism to move the internal contents of the delivery device container into said target cell over a predetermined and specified timed basis.