Patent ID: 7999161
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: A61K,A61P,B82Y,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for increasing selective therapeutic thermomechanical damage to cancer cells, comprising: a chamber containing the cancer cells in a medium; a source of nanoparticulates each comprising at least one antibody that specifically targets the cancer cells, said source of nanoparticulates fluidly connected to the cell chamber; an optical chamber adapted to contain the targeted cancer cells fluidly connected to the cell chamber; a pulsed source of electromagnetic radiation directed against the targeted cancer cells in the optical chamber, said source configured to emit a spectrum of wavelengths selected to have a peak wavelength that is near to or that matches a peak absorption wavelength of said nanoparticulates; and means for filtering out cells damaged by thermomechanical effects resulting from absorption of the electromagnetic radiation emitted at the peak wavelength, said filtering means fluidly connected to the cell chamber.