Induction Heating for BIO- MEDICAL Application

Hi P.R.,

"Advanced Magnetics Co." manufactures the ferromagnetic nanoparticles that are used in imaging and in experimental cancer therapy.

Inventor of imaging is Barentsz in Nimwegen, Holland, you will find his website, the met hot is called USPIO, there is another diagnostic group in Chicago that has adapted this too.

This is in reality not induction heating (no eddy current) but magnetic loss heating either by moving the particles or by magnetic hysteresis loss.

Same particles are used by famous Charitée clinic in Berlin, Germany for experimental treatment of brain cancer.

Particles are chemically bound to "vehicles" that preferably attach to cancer cells, so this is a very promising approach.

You will find some information on the websites of LEF and PCRI and on P2P and naturally on www.pubmed.gov

Unfortunately the imaging method was not approved by FDA as there was one unclear death at treatment. As these patients are severely ill I do not think that this was a sound decision, as diagnostics and treatment is delayed until the method is totally safe - thus killing a lot of patients that could have been saved.

So if you can try and implement the method outside US this would be a very important step towards better cancer treatment and diagnostics.

RHABE