APPLICATION OF NANO-TECHNOLOGY IN
MEDICAL FIELD
Presented by,
KANCHAN D. RAMTEKE
MT17MCL011
CONTENT
Introduction
History
Classification according to module design configurations
Application
Abstract
Poster
What is Nanotechnology?
Nanotechnology?
 It is the study of controlling and
manipulating matter on an atomic
and/or molecular scale.
 It deals with structures the size of 100
nanometers or smaller in at least one
dimension.
 A disruptive technology, with a
potential to change the world as we
know it today.
 It’s a very diverse technology
On December 29, 1959,
physicist Richard Feynman
gave a radical lecture at an
American Physical Society
meeting at Caltech titled
“There’s Plenty of Room at
the Bottom”.
Feynman suggested that it
should be possible to make
machines at a nano-scale
that "arrange the atoms the
way we want", and do
chemical synthesis by
mechanical manipulation.
This lecture was the birth of
the idea and study of
nanotechnology.
History of Nanotechnology
According to Feynman, Albert R. Hibbs -a noted mathematician
originally suggested to him “The idea of a medical use for Feynman's
theoretical micromachines”
Albert R. Hibbs suggests a very interesting possibility for relatively small
machines. He says that…
“It would be interesting in surgery if you could swallow the surgeon. You
put the mechanical surgeon inside the blood vessel and it goes into the
heart and ``looks'' around … It finds out which valve is the faulty one and
takes a little knife and slices it out. Other small machines might be
permanently incorporated in the body to assist some inadequately-
functioning organ”.
What Feynman and Hibbs considered a possibility, today is becoming a reality.
a. Health and Medicine
b. Electronics
c. Transportation
d. Energy and Environment
e. Space exploration
Applications of Nanotechnology
The different fields that find potential applications of nanotechnology are as follows:
APPLICATION OF NANO-TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICAL FIELD
Drug Delivery
Surgery
Cancer
Medical Robotics
Therapeutic Applications
Cell Repair
Blood Clotting
Drug Delivery
 In nanotechnology nano particles are used for site specific drug delivery.
 In this technique the required drug dose is used and side-effects are lowered significantly as
the active agent is deposited in the morbid region only.
 This highly selective approach can reduce costs and pain to the patients.
 Thus variety of nano particles such as dendrimers, and nano porous materials find
application.
 Micelles obtained from block co-polymers, are used for drug encapsulation. They transport
small drug molecules to the desired location.
 Similarly, nano electromechanical systems are utilized for the active release of drugs.
 Iron nano particles or gold shells are finding important application in the cancer treatment.
 A targeted medicine reduces the drug consumption and treatment expenses, making the
treatment of patients cost effective.
Surgery
With nanotechnology, minute surgical instruments and robots can be made which can be
used to perform microsurgeries on any part of the body.
Instead of damaging a large amount of the body, these instruments would be precise and
accurate, targeting only the area where surgery should be done.
Visualization of surgery can also be improved. Instead of a surgeon
holding the instrument, computers can be used to control the nano-
sized surgical instruments. “Nanocameras” can provide close up
visualization of the surgery
Less chance of any mistakes or faults
Surgery could also be done on tissue, genetic and cellular levels.
• Nanoparticles have high surface area to volume ratio.
• This allows for many functional groups to be attached to a nanoparticle,
which can seek out and bind to certain tumor cells.
• Additionally, the small size of nanoparticles (10 to 100 nanometers), allows
them to preferentially accumulate at tumor sites (because tumors lack an
effective lymphatic drainage system).
• Limitations to conventional cancer chemotherapy include
drug resistance,
lack of selectivity,
lack of solubility.
Nanoparticles have the potential to overcome these problems.
Cancer
Photodynamic therapy
• A particle is placed within the body and is illuminated with light from the
outside.
• The light gets absorbed by the particle and if the particle is metal, energy
from the light will heat the particle and surrounding tissue.
• Light may also be used to produce high energy oxygen molecules which will
chemically react with and destroy most organic molecules that are next to
them (like tumors).
• This therapy is appealing for many reasons.
• It does not leave a "toxic trail" of reactive molecules throughout the body
(chemotherapy) because it is directed where only the light is shined and
the particles exist.
• Photodynamic therapy has potential for a noninvasive procedure for
dealing with diseases, growth and tumors.
Nanorobots
What are they?
• Nanorobots are nanodevices.
• Diameters and dimensions.
• To repair or detect damages and infections.
• Exfuse themselves through human excretory system.
Applications in Medical Robotics
Nano-robotics, although having many
applications in other areas, have the
most useful and variety of uses in
medical fields.
Potential applications include early
diagnosis and targeted drug delivery for
cancer, biomedical instrumentation,
surgery, pharmacokinetics, monitoring
of diabetes, and health care.
Future medical nanotechnology
expected to employ nanorobots injected
into the patient to perform treatment on
a cellular level.
Therapeutic Applications – cleaning of mouth.
• A mouthwash full of smart
nanomachines could identify and
destroy pathogenic bacteria while
allowing the harmless flora of the
mouth to flourish in a healthy
ecosystem
• Four remote-controlled nanorobots
examine and clean the subocclusal
surfaces of a patient's teeth, near the
gum line.
Nano-Med Cell Repair Animation
Nanorobots could actually be programmed to repair specific diseased cells
Blood Clotting
• Blood clots are actually a good thing, saving us from a lot of trouble.
• When there’s an injury :-Blood clots are healthy and life saving when they stop
bleedings.
• They can also form when they shouldn’t, causing heart attacks and other serious
problems.
Real Steel
• Efficient Drug Delivery
• Repairing Body Cells Becomes Easy
• Replacing Abnormal Genes
• Non-invasive Imaging Tools
Advantages
Nanotechnology and its Applications in Medicine et al Anna Pratima Nikalje
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-0444.1000247
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanomedicine
https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/nanotechnology-and-its-applications-in-
medicine-2161-0444-1000247.php?aid=41535
https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/blood-clot-nanotechnology-08082015/
References
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APPLICATION OF NANO-TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICAL FIELD

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    APPLICATION OF NANO-TECHNOLOGYIN MEDICAL FIELD Presented by, KANCHAN D. RAMTEKE MT17MCL011
  • 2.
    CONTENT Introduction History Classification according tomodule design configurations Application Abstract Poster
  • 3.
    What is Nanotechnology? Nanotechnology? It is the study of controlling and manipulating matter on an atomic and/or molecular scale.  It deals with structures the size of 100 nanometers or smaller in at least one dimension.  A disruptive technology, with a potential to change the world as we know it today.  It’s a very diverse technology
  • 4.
    On December 29,1959, physicist Richard Feynman gave a radical lecture at an American Physical Society meeting at Caltech titled “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom”. Feynman suggested that it should be possible to make machines at a nano-scale that "arrange the atoms the way we want", and do chemical synthesis by mechanical manipulation. This lecture was the birth of the idea and study of nanotechnology. History of Nanotechnology
  • 5.
    According to Feynman,Albert R. Hibbs -a noted mathematician originally suggested to him “The idea of a medical use for Feynman's theoretical micromachines” Albert R. Hibbs suggests a very interesting possibility for relatively small machines. He says that… “It would be interesting in surgery if you could swallow the surgeon. You put the mechanical surgeon inside the blood vessel and it goes into the heart and ``looks'' around … It finds out which valve is the faulty one and takes a little knife and slices it out. Other small machines might be permanently incorporated in the body to assist some inadequately- functioning organ”. What Feynman and Hibbs considered a possibility, today is becoming a reality.
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    a. Health andMedicine b. Electronics c. Transportation d. Energy and Environment e. Space exploration Applications of Nanotechnology The different fields that find potential applications of nanotechnology are as follows:
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    APPLICATION OF NANO-TECHNOLOGYIN MEDICAL FIELD Drug Delivery Surgery Cancer Medical Robotics Therapeutic Applications Cell Repair Blood Clotting
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    Drug Delivery  Innanotechnology nano particles are used for site specific drug delivery.  In this technique the required drug dose is used and side-effects are lowered significantly as the active agent is deposited in the morbid region only.  This highly selective approach can reduce costs and pain to the patients.  Thus variety of nano particles such as dendrimers, and nano porous materials find application.  Micelles obtained from block co-polymers, are used for drug encapsulation. They transport small drug molecules to the desired location.  Similarly, nano electromechanical systems are utilized for the active release of drugs.  Iron nano particles or gold shells are finding important application in the cancer treatment.  A targeted medicine reduces the drug consumption and treatment expenses, making the treatment of patients cost effective.
  • 10.
    Surgery With nanotechnology, minutesurgical instruments and robots can be made which can be used to perform microsurgeries on any part of the body. Instead of damaging a large amount of the body, these instruments would be precise and accurate, targeting only the area where surgery should be done.
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    Visualization of surgerycan also be improved. Instead of a surgeon holding the instrument, computers can be used to control the nano- sized surgical instruments. “Nanocameras” can provide close up visualization of the surgery Less chance of any mistakes or faults Surgery could also be done on tissue, genetic and cellular levels.
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    • Nanoparticles havehigh surface area to volume ratio. • This allows for many functional groups to be attached to a nanoparticle, which can seek out and bind to certain tumor cells. • Additionally, the small size of nanoparticles (10 to 100 nanometers), allows them to preferentially accumulate at tumor sites (because tumors lack an effective lymphatic drainage system). • Limitations to conventional cancer chemotherapy include drug resistance, lack of selectivity, lack of solubility. Nanoparticles have the potential to overcome these problems. Cancer
  • 13.
    Photodynamic therapy • Aparticle is placed within the body and is illuminated with light from the outside. • The light gets absorbed by the particle and if the particle is metal, energy from the light will heat the particle and surrounding tissue. • Light may also be used to produce high energy oxygen molecules which will chemically react with and destroy most organic molecules that are next to them (like tumors). • This therapy is appealing for many reasons. • It does not leave a "toxic trail" of reactive molecules throughout the body (chemotherapy) because it is directed where only the light is shined and the particles exist. • Photodynamic therapy has potential for a noninvasive procedure for dealing with diseases, growth and tumors.
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    Nanorobots What are they? •Nanorobots are nanodevices. • Diameters and dimensions. • To repair or detect damages and infections. • Exfuse themselves through human excretory system. Applications in Medical Robotics
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    Nano-robotics, although havingmany applications in other areas, have the most useful and variety of uses in medical fields. Potential applications include early diagnosis and targeted drug delivery for cancer, biomedical instrumentation, surgery, pharmacokinetics, monitoring of diabetes, and health care. Future medical nanotechnology expected to employ nanorobots injected into the patient to perform treatment on a cellular level.
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    Therapeutic Applications –cleaning of mouth. • A mouthwash full of smart nanomachines could identify and destroy pathogenic bacteria while allowing the harmless flora of the mouth to flourish in a healthy ecosystem • Four remote-controlled nanorobots examine and clean the subocclusal surfaces of a patient's teeth, near the gum line.
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    Nano-Med Cell RepairAnimation Nanorobots could actually be programmed to repair specific diseased cells
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    Blood Clotting • Bloodclots are actually a good thing, saving us from a lot of trouble. • When there’s an injury :-Blood clots are healthy and life saving when they stop bleedings. • They can also form when they shouldn’t, causing heart attacks and other serious problems.
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    • Efficient DrugDelivery • Repairing Body Cells Becomes Easy • Replacing Abnormal Genes • Non-invasive Imaging Tools Advantages
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    Nanotechnology and itsApplications in Medicine et al Anna Pratima Nikalje http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-0444.1000247 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanomedicine https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/nanotechnology-and-its-applications-in- medicine-2161-0444-1000247.php?aid=41535 https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/blood-clot-nanotechnology-08082015/ References
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