Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phosphor-containing drug activator activatable by a Monte Carlo derived x-ray exposure, system containing the activator, and methods for use
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Application No.: US15819130Application Date: 2017-11-21
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Publication No.: US10940329B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Mark Oldham , Justus Adamson , Paul Yoon , Harold Walder , Frederic A. Bourke, Jr. , Zakaryae Fathi , Wayne F. Beyer
- Applicant: IMMUNOLIGHT, LLC , DUKE UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit; US NC Durham
- Assignee: IMMUNOLIGHT, LLC,DUKE UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: IMMUNOLIGHT, LLC,DUKE UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit; US NC Durham
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: A61K49/00
- IPC: A61K49/00 ; A61N5/10 ; C09K11/59 ; C09K11/73 ; C09K11/02 ; A61K31/37 ; A61P35/00 ; A61K41/00 ; A61K49/04

Abstract:
A phosphor-containing drug activator activatable from a Monte Carlo derived x-ray exposure for treatment of a diseased site. The activator includes an admixture or suspension of one or more phosphors capable of emitting ultraviolet and visible light upon interaction with x-rays, wherein a distribution of the phosphors in the diseased target site is based on a Monte Carlo derived x-ray dose. A system for treating a disease in a subject in need thereof, includes the drug activator and a photoactivatable drug, one or more devices which infuse the photoactivatable drug and the activator including the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier into a diseased site in the subject; and an x-ray source which is controlled to deliver the Monte Carlo derived x-ray exposure to the subject for production of ultraviolet and visible light inside the subject to activate the photoactivatable drug.
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