Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Beads

Self-organizing magnetic beads for biomedical applications

In the field of biomedicine magnetic beads are used for drug delivery and to treat hyperthermia. Here we propose to use self-organized bead structures to isolate circulating tumor cells using lab-on-chip technologies. Typically blood flows past microposts functionalized with antibodies for circulating tumor cells. Creating these microposts with interacting magnetic beads makes it possible to tu...

Guided self-assembly of magnetic beads for biomedical applications

Micromagnetic beads are widely used in biomedical applications for cell separation, drug delivery, and hypothermia cancer treatment. Here we propose to use self-organized magnetic bead structures which accumulate on fixed magnetic seeding points to isolate circulating tumor cells. The analysis of circulating tumor cells is an emerging tool for cancer biology research and clinical cancer managem...

Uniform beads with controllable pore sizes for biomedical applications.

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Magnetic Particles for Biomedical Applications

This chapter discusses applications of magnetic materials in bioengineering and medicine [1–8]. Magnetism and magnetic materials have been used for many decades in many modern medical applications, and several new applications are being developed in part because of the availability of superior electromagnets, superconducting magnets and permanent magnets [9–12]. Advances in the synthesis and ch...

Magnetic Sensors for Biomedical Applications