Laser-ultrasonic delivery of agents into articular cartilage

Abstract Research is ongoing to develop drug therapies to manage osteoarthritis (OA) and articular cartilage (AC) injuries. However, means to deliver drug to localized AC lesions are highly limited and not clinically available. This study investigates the capability of laser ultrasound (laser-induce...

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Main Authors: Heikki J. Nieminen, Gonçalo Barreto, Mikko A. Finnilä, Alejandro García-Pérez, Ari Salmi, Sanjeev Ranjan, Kari K. Eklund, Kenneth P. H. Pritzker, Simo Saarakkala, Edward Hæggström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04293-5