Patents Assigned to Universidade Federal de Paraiba
  • Systems and methods for delivering substances into nanoporous mineralized tissues
    Patent number: 8905759
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for transporting a therapeutic or cosmetic substance into nanoporous mineralized tissue structures, such as teeth. The method may include contacting the nanoporous mineralized tissue structure with an ionic solution including the therapeutic or cosmetic substance; and simultaneously applying to the nanoporous mineralized tissue structure an electrical potential effective to transport the therapeutic or cosmetic substance into the nanopores of the nanoporous mineralized tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Universidade Federal de Paraiba
    Inventors: Hiongyap Gan, Jongyoon Han, Frederico Barbosa de Sousa