Patent ID: 7133725
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: A61K,A61N,B82Y,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A medical method comprising: providing an implantable microscopic medical device including a nanostructure provided with a ligand; inserting said medical device into a patient; effectively attaching said nanostructure via said ligand to an instance of a predetermined type of target structure inside the patient; and after the attaching of said nanostructure to said instance of said target structure, utilizing said nanostructure to perform a preselected medical diagnostic or therapeutic function, the utilizing of said nanostructure includes activating said nanostructure, said nanostructure being provided with at least one additional ligand, the activating of said nanostructure including coupling said nanostructure via said additional ligand to another nanostructure deployed in the patient.