Plasmonic assisted systems and methods for interior energy-activation from an exterior source
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1. A method for producing a change in a medium, comprising:
- (1) placing inside the medium an activatable agent,(2) placing inside the medium a plasmonics agent and a photon emitter which is capable of emitting therefrom at least one of ultraviolet and visible light into the medium to be treated, wherein said photon emitter comprises a member selected from the group consisting of an up converter and a light needle emitting said at least one of ultraviolet and visible light;
(3) emitting from said photon emitter said at least one of ultraviolet and visible light at one or more positions inside the medium to be treated, wherein the plasmonics agent enhances the at least one of ultraviolet and visible light emitted from said photon emitter; and
(4) inducing from the light emitted into the medium a photoreactive change inside the medium.
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Abstract
A method and a system for producing a change in a medium disposed in an artificial container. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one of a plasmonics agent and an energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy through the artificial container to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent.
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1. A method for producing a change in a medium, comprising:
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(1) placing inside the medium an activatable agent, (2) placing inside the medium a plasmonics agent and a photon emitter which is capable of emitting therefrom at least one of ultraviolet and visible light into the medium to be treated, wherein said photon emitter comprises a member selected from the group consisting of an up converter and a light needle emitting said at least one of ultraviolet and visible light; (3) emitting from said photon emitter said at least one of ultraviolet and visible light at one or more positions inside the medium to be treated, wherein the plasmonics agent enhances the at least one of ultraviolet and visible light emitted from said photon emitter; and (4) inducing from the light emitted into the medium a photoreactive change inside the medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for producing a change in a medium, comprising:
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(1) placing inside the medium an activatable agent capable of producing a pharmacological or cellular change in the medium, (2) placing inside the medium a plasmonics agent and a photon emitter which is capable of emitting therefrom at least one of ultraviolet and visible light into the medium to be treated, wherein said photon emitter comprises a member selected from the group consisting of a down converter excited by x-ray or a high energy source, an up converter excited by an infrared source and a light needle emitting said at least one of ultraviolet and visible light; (3) emitting from said photon emitter said at least one of ultraviolet and visible light at one or more positions inside the medium to be treated, wherein the plasmonics agent enhances the at least one of ultraviolet and visible light emitted from said photon emitter; and (4) inducing from the light emitted into the medium a photoreactive change inside the medium. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for producing a change in a medium, comprising:
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(1) placing inside the medium an activatable agent, (2) placing inside the medium a plasmonics agent and a photon emitter which is capable of emitting therefrom at least one of ultraviolet and visible light into the medium to be treated; (3) emitting from said photon emitter said at least one of ultraviolet and visible light at one or more positions inside the medium to be treated, wherein the plasmonics agent enhances the at least one of ultraviolet and visible light emitted from said photon emitter; and (4) inducing from the light emitted into the medium a photoreactive change inside the medium, wherein the photoreactive change inside the medium treats a cancer by inducing an autovaccine response in a patient or by inducing apoptosis of cancer cells in a patient or both. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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