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Jafari S, Baum IS, Udalov OG, Lee Y, Rodriguez O, Fricke ST, Jafari M, Amini M, Probst R, Tang X, Chen C, Ariando DJ, Hevaganinge A, Mair LO, Albanese C, Weinberg IN. Opening the Blood Brain Barrier with an Electropermanent Magnet System. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:1503. [PMID: 35890398 PMCID: PMC9317373 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14071503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Opening the blood brain barrier (BBB) under imaging guidance may be useful for the treatment of many brain disorders. Rapidly applied magnetic fields have the potential to generate electric fields in brain tissue that, if properly timed, may enable safe and effective BBB opening. By tuning magnetic pulses generated by a novel electropermanent magnet (EPM) array, we demonstrate the opening of tight junctions in a BBB model culture in vitro, and show that induced monophasic electrical pulses are more effective than biphasic ones. We confirmed, with in vivo contrast-enhanced MRI, that the BBB can be opened with monophasic pulses. As electropermanent magnets have demonstrated efficacy at tuning B0 fields for magnetic resonance imaging studies, our results suggest the possibility of implementing an EPM-based hybrid theragnostic device that could both image the brain and enhance drug transport across the BBB in a single sitting.
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- Sahar Jafari
- Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, MD 20852, USA; (S.J.); (I.S.B.); (O.G.U.); (X.T.); (C.C.); (A.H.); (L.O.M.)
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- Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, MD 20852, USA; (S.J.); (I.S.B.); (O.G.U.); (X.T.); (C.C.); (A.H.); (L.O.M.)
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- Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, MD 20852, USA; (S.J.); (I.S.B.); (O.G.U.); (X.T.); (C.C.); (A.H.); (L.O.M.)
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA; (Y.L.); (O.R.); (S.T.F.); (C.A.)
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA; (Y.L.); (O.R.); (S.T.F.); (C.A.)
- Center for Translational Imaging, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA; (Y.L.); (O.R.); (S.T.F.); (C.A.)
- Center for Translational Imaging, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA
- Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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- Independent Consultant, Oklahoma City, OK 73134, USA;
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- Department of Management Science and Information Systems, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA;
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- Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, MD 20852, USA; (S.J.); (I.S.B.); (O.G.U.); (X.T.); (C.C.); (A.H.); (L.O.M.)
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- Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, MD 20852, USA; (S.J.); (I.S.B.); (O.G.U.); (X.T.); (C.C.); (A.H.); (L.O.M.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA;
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- Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, MD 20852, USA; (S.J.); (I.S.B.); (O.G.U.); (X.T.); (C.C.); (A.H.); (L.O.M.)
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- Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, MD 20852, USA; (S.J.); (I.S.B.); (O.G.U.); (X.T.); (C.C.); (A.H.); (L.O.M.)
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA; (Y.L.); (O.R.); (S.T.F.); (C.A.)
- Center for Translational Imaging, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA
- Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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- Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, MD 20852, USA; (S.J.); (I.S.B.); (O.G.U.); (X.T.); (C.C.); (A.H.); (L.O.M.)
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Khusnuriyalova AF, Caporali M, Hey‐Hawkins E, Sinyashin OG, Yakhvarov DG. Preparation of Cobalt Nanoparticles. Eur J Inorg Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202100367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Aliya F. Khusnuriyalova
- Alexander Butlerov Institute of Chemistry Kazan Federal University Kremlyovskaya 18 420008 Kazan Russian Federation
- Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry FRC Kazan Scientific Center Russian Academy of Sciences Arbuzov Street 8 420088 Kazan Russian Federation
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- Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (ICCOM) Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Leipzig University Johannisallee 29 04103 Leipzig Germany
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- Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry FRC Kazan Scientific Center Russian Academy of Sciences Arbuzov Street 8 420088 Kazan Russian Federation
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- Alexander Butlerov Institute of Chemistry Kazan Federal University Kremlyovskaya 18 420008 Kazan Russian Federation
- Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry FRC Kazan Scientific Center Russian Academy of Sciences Arbuzov Street 8 420088 Kazan Russian Federation
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Mair LO, Liu X, Dandamudi B, Jain K, Chowdhury S, Weed J, Diaz-Mercado Y, Weinberg IN, Krieger A. MagnetoSuture: Tetherless Manipulation of Suture Needles. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL ROBOTICS AND BIONICS 2020; 2:206-215. [PMID: 34746679 DOI: 10.1109/tmrb.2020.2988462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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This paper demonstrates the feasibility of ligation and tissue penetration for surgical suturing tasks using magnetically actuated suture needles. Manipulation of suture needles in minimally invasive surgery involves using articulated manual/robotic tools for needle steering and controlling needle-tissue or thread-tissue interactions. The large footprints of conventional articulated surgical tools significantly increase surgical invasiveness, potentially leading to longer recovery times, tissue damage, scarring, or associated infections. Aiming to address these issues, we investigate the feasibility of using magnetic fields to tetherlessly steer suture needles. The primary challenge of such a concept is to provide sufficient force for tissue penetration and ligation. In this work, we demonstrate proof-of-concept capabilities using the MagnetoSuture™ system, performing tissue penetration and ligation tasks using ex vivo tissues, customized NdFeB suture needles with attached threads, and remote-controlled magnetic fields. To evaluate the system performance, we conducted experiments demonstrating tetherless recreation of a purse string suture pattern, ligation of an excised segment of a rat intestine, and penetration of rat intestines.
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- Lamar O Mair
- Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, Maryland 20852 USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, and the Maryland Robotics Center, College Park, Maryland 20742 USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, and the Maryland Robotics Center, College Park, Maryland 20742 USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, and the Maryland Robotics Center, College Park, Maryland 20742 USA
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- Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, Maryland 20852 USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, and the Maryland Robotics Center, College Park, Maryland 20742 USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, and the Maryland Robotics Center, College Park, Maryland 20742 USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, and the Maryland Robotics Center, College Park, Maryland 20742 USA
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Chen C, Tang X, Masna NVR, Bhunia S, Mandal S. Single-shot spatially-localized NQR using field-dependent relaxation rates. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2020; 311:106660. [PMID: 31865184 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.106660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) is commonly used to characterize solid materials containing quadrupolar nuclei. For example, NQR is a promising technique for detecting plastic explosives and other forbidden substances as well as for authenticating pharmaceutical products. Spatially-resolved NQR measurements are of particular interest for enabling automated sample positioning, evaluation of sample heterogeneity, and chemometric authentication of objects. This paper proposes a rapid "single-shot" method for spatially-resolved NQR with the potential to benefit such applications. The proposed method takes advantage of the fact that certain NQR relaxation rates are field-dependent: the observed field dependence is used to convert relaxation time distributions measured in a static field gradient (estimated via Laplace inversion of time-domain data) into spatial distributions. The method was validated using 35Cl and 37Cl NQR of sodium chlorate and other compounds. Effective spatial resolution was also improved by using machine learning (ML) to classify the measured spatial distributions. In particular, experimental results demonstrate accurate ML-based classification of 3D-printed objects containing arbitrary binary distributions of sodium chlorate. Such distributions can thus be used as NQR-based "embedded barcodes" for authenticating high-value objects.
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- Cheng Chen
- Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Mair LO, Hale O, Jafari S, Chen C, Udalov O, Probst R, Baum I, Hevaganinge A, Yi Wang E, Rodriguez OC, Albanese C, Fricke ST, Weinberg IN. Magnetic Microdevices for MRI-Based Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Viruses. IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2020; 1:265-267. [PMID: 33748768 PMCID: PMC7978173 DOI: 10.1109/ojemb.2020.3026234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Goal: To develop a micron-scale device that can operate as an MRI-based reporter for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus. Methods: Iron rod microdevices were constructed via template-guided synthesis and suspended in phosphate buffered saline (PBS). Heat-inactivated SARS-CoV-2 viruses were added to the samples and imaged with low-field MRI. Results: MRI of microdevices and viruses showed decreased signal intensity at low concentrations of viruses that recovered at higher concentrations. Electron micrographs suggest that reduced MRI intensity may be due to concentration-dependent shielding of water protons from local magnetic inhomogeneities caused by the iron microdevices. Conclusions: The preliminary results presented in this letter provide justification for further studies exploring the potential diagnostic role of magnetic microdevices in assessing the presence and concentration of SARS-CoV-2 viruses.
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- Lamar O Mair
- Neuroparticle Corporation, North Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuroparticle Corporation, North Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Weinberg are with Shape Theranostics, Inc. and Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuroparticle Corporation, North Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuroparticle Corporation, North Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuroparticle Corporation, North Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Weinberg are with Shape Theranostics, Inc. and Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, MD, USA
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