Electronic edition ISSN 1574-0579

Magnetic targeted drug delivery using focused magnet

P. Kopċanský¹ , M. Bánó¹ , M. Repašan¹ , I. Potoċová¹ , M. Timko¹ , V. Hrnċiar² , S. Demjan³

¹ Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 04353 Košice, Slovakia }
² Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology, Námestie Slobody 17, 81231 Bratislava, Slovakia
³ Faculty of Material Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Paulínska 16, 91724 Trnava, Slovakia

Abstract
A special focused magnet, designed for magnetic targeted drug delivery, was constructed. Calculations of the adhesion condition for a magnetic fluid drop in a magnetic field with the obtained design have shown that the constructed focused magnet generates a sufficient magnetic force for capturing a magnetic drop on the vessel wall. Figs 7, Refs 4.