Patent classifications
A61N2005/1096
Systems, devices and methods for the remote activation of medicines and medical devices
New techniques for remote administration of medicine and medical devices using an external guidance and activation system are provided. In some embodiments, medicine(s) and/or medical device(s) is/are energized to a predetermined threshold energy level by externally applied radiation, and then driven into the treatment target. The design of such device(s) (e.g., injectable machine(s)) may include sub-device(s), e.g., medical payload-carrying reservoir(s), injector(s) and abrasive tool(s), which may be activated magnetically and/or by such radiation. In some aspects, such sub-device(s) include actuable housing(s) and/or other sub-tool(s), delivering drugs to specific locations commanded by a control system or a user. In other aspects, a medicine and/or device is provided with multiple dipoles, each oriented differently in three-dimensional space, allowing a guidance control system, remote from the medicine or device, to drive the movement and three-dimensional orientation of the medical agent or particle according to a three-dimensional path.
METHODS OF TREATING UVEAL MELANOMA WITH A PKC INHIBITOR
Provided herein is a neoadjuvant therapy and/or adjuvant therapy for the treatment of uveal melanoma, inter alia, ocular tumors in uveal melanoma to reduce the incidence of metastasis and/or enucleation and/or preserving eye function.
TISSUE ISOLATION DEVICES CAPABLE OF REPEATED INFLATION AND DEFLATION IN VIVO
The present disclosure relates to a tissue isolation device capable of repeated inflation and deflation in vivo. The device includes: an isolation balloon arranged between healthy tissues and target tissues for a radiotherapy course, and the isolation balloon is removed from a body of a subject following the radiotherapy course. The isolation balloon is operable to assume an inflated state and a deflated state, the isolation balloon in the inflated state is used to isolate the healthy tissues and the target tissues. The isolation balloon includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface, under the inflated state, the first contact surface contacts the healthy tissues, and the second contact surface contacts the target tissues, a distance between the first contact surface and the second contact surface is in a preset range.
Unlocking assembly, human body fixing apparatus and unlocking method for the unlocking assembly
An unlocking assembly includes a fixing plate, locking bodies, and a flexible member. The fixing plate is provided with fixing holes; the locking bodies are movably mounted in the fixing holes; the flexible member is connected to the locking bodies and is configured to drive the locking bodies to move towards a direction extending out of the fixing holes.