DocumentCode
1661646
Title
Implantable resorbable micro-prism arrays for real-time drug release monitoring
Author
Tao, H. ; Siebert, S.M. ; Pritchard, E.M. ; Sassaroli, A. ; Panilaitis, B. ; Brenckle, M.A. ; Amsden, J.J. ; Levitt, J.M. ; Fantini, S. ; Kaplan, D.L. ; Omenetto, F.G.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Tufts Univ., Medord, MA, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We present a free-standing micro-prism array device entirely constituted by silk protein showing enhanced optical reflectivity, which can be used to monitor drug delivery while slowly degrading to surrounding tissues with no adverse biological effects.
Keywords
bioMEMS; biodegradable materials; biological tissues; biomedical equipment; biomedical optical imaging; drug delivery systems; drugs; micro-optics; optical arrays; optical prisms; patient monitoring; proteins; reflectivity; biodegradation; drug delivery monitoring; free-standing microprism array device; implantable resorbable microprism arrays; optical reflectivity; real-time drug release monitoring; silk protein; tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Drugs; Monitoring; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical reflection; Optical scattering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6325956
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