Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

February 2011

Patent Number

7879610

Abstract

A method for facilitating a delivery of a molecule into an interior space of a cell includes the steps of introducing a molecule into a target tissue comprising a cell and applying a substantially continuous low-level electric field to the target tissue. The field is applied for a duration sufficient to effect a change in porosity the cell of the target tissue sufficient to facilitate an entry of a desired molecule into an interior of the cell.

Application Number

10/907,631

Assignees

University of South Florida

Filing Date

04/08/2005

Primary/U.S. Class

435/461

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