Patent ID: 9289491
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61K,A61N,B82Y,G01R

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing therapy, the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a plurality of nanoparticles, the nanoparticles coated or otherwise associated with an antibody to specific cells, under conditions sufficient to permit antibody accumulation at a tissue target site, radiating the target site with an energy source to penetrate into the tissue target site to controllably heat the nanoparticles and generate thermal energy to induce a photoacoustic signal or sound wave from the nanoparticles, using a processor to control the amount of thermal energy delivered at the desired temperature to the target site, recording the temperature and photoacoustic signal or sound wave from the target site or from one or more multiple locations, and amplifying and processing the recorded photoacoustic signal or sound waves to generate a computational tomographic image of the nanoparticles at the tissue target site.