Flexible Drug-Delivery Patch Can Promote Tissue Healing After a Heart Attack

Flexible drug-delivery patch can promote tissue healing after a heart attack

MIT engineers have developed a flexible drug-delivery patch that can be placed on the heart after a heart attack to help promote healing and regeneration of cardiac tissue.

Drug-delivery patch could help to heal the heart following a heart attack

MIT engineers have developed a flexible drug-delivery patch that can be placed on the heart after a heart attack to help promote healing and regeneration of cardiac tissue.

Drug-Releasing Heart Patch Implant Shows Promise After Myocardial Infarction

A heart-implanted patch that delivers time-controlled medication could offer a novel approach to post-infarction repair, preclinical research suggests. The Temporal Intervention with Microparticle Encapsulation and Delivery (TIMED) programmed release system could allow drugs to be delivered at optimal times during recovery. Using the hydrogel patch containing the time-release drugs halved the amount of damaged heart tissue in a rat model and sig…

Drug-delivery patch could help to heal the heart following a heart attack – RamaOnHealthcare

MIT engineers have developed a flexible drug-delivery patch that can be placed on the heart after a heart attack to help promote healing and regeneration of cardiac tissue.The new patch is designed to carry several different drugs that can be released at different times, on a pre-programmed schedule. In a study of rats, the researchers [...]