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McMullan P, White AB, Coker O, Opal S, McGee SA, Rogers G. Antimicrobial Efficacy of Continuous Low-Irradiance Phototherapy Against Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. Photobiomodul Photomed Laser Surg 2022; 40:613-621. [DOI: 10.1089/photob.2022.0016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Patrick McMullan
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Translational Genomics and Precision Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Infectious Disease Division at Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Departments of Surgery and Dermatology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
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Abstract
Bio-photonic devices that utilize the interaction between light and biological substances have been emerging as an important tool for clinical diagnosis and/or therapy. At the same time, implanted biodegradable photonic devices can be disintegrated and resorbed after a predefined operational period, thus avoiding the risk and cost associated with the secondary surgical extraction. In this paper, the recent progress on biodegradable photonics is reviewed, with a focus on material strategies, device architectures and their biomedical applications. We begin with a brief introduction of biodegradable photonics, followed by the material strategies for constructing biodegradable photonic devices. Then, various types of biodegradable photonic devices with different functionalities are described. After that, several demonstration examples for applications in intracranial pressure monitoring, biochemical sensing and drug delivery are presented, revealing the great potential of biodegradable photonics in the monitoring of human health status and the treatment of human diseases. We then conclude with the summary of this field, as well as current challenges and possible future directions.
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