| THE METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE Patent applications |
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| 20110270151 | IMAGE-GUIDED ENERGY DEPOSITION FOR TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY - Disclosed are compositions and methods for targeted drug delivery using image-guided energy deposition to help localize active compounds to particular sites within the body of an animal. Also provided are compounds and formulations thereof for use in the targeted administration of therapeutically, prophylactically, and/or diagnostically effective amounts of such agents to a population of cells or tissues of a mammal in need thereof. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110264104 | HEMODIALYSIS GRAFTS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZING AND IDENTIFYING THE PLACEMENT OF SAME - Disclosed are vascular access devices, implantable dialysis grafts, and systems including them useful for improved access to implanted medical devices. Also disclosed are implantable hemodialysis vascular access graft devices that facilitate easy, accurate and reproducible cannulation or needle entry into the implanted device by magnetically-locating a portion of the graft that includes one or more paramagnetic materials operably defining the physical boundaries of the target cannulation site/entry port. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20100119033 | INTENSITY-MODULATED, CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM, METHODS, AND APPARATUS - Disclosed are methods for reconstructing a three-dimensional image of an object's volume of interest using computed tomography that employs conical-beam, intensity-modulated projections of this object. In one embodiment, a plurality of collimating devices serves to modulate the aperture of the radiation source thereby acting to modulate the intensity of the source upon the object. Also provided are image processing devices, examination apparatus, as well as a computer-readable medium and a program element adapted and configured to perform aspects of the methods disclosed herein. | 05-13-2010 |
