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Low-Cost Ultrasound Device for Precision Drug Delivery

Company: PSU Department of Biomedical Engineering - Hayes Research Group

Major(s):
Primary: BME
Secondary: EE

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: NO

Focused ultrasound (FUS) can be combined with microbubble-mediated blood-brain barrier (BBB) opening to deliver drugs precisely targeted to tumors and other specific sites. Existing devices are feature rich but are too bulky for small animal research. There is a need for a low-cost device that can be used in a small animal model that is high precision but limited in its feature set to reduce size and complexity.