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  • Title: Radiofrequency-triggered release for on-demand delivery of therapeutics from titania nanotube drug-eluting implants.
    Author: Bariana M, Aw MS, Moore E, Voelcker NH, Losic D.
    Journal: Nanomedicine (Lond); 2014; 9(8):1263-75. PubMed ID: 24359550.
    Abstract:
    AIM: This study aimed to demonstrate radiofrequency (RF)-triggered release of drugs and drug carriers from drug-eluting implants using gold nanoparticles as energy transducers. MATERIALS & METHODS: Titanium wire with a titania nanotube layer was used as an implant loaded with indomethacin and micelles (tocopheryl PEG succinate) as a drug and drug carrier model. RF signals were generated from a customized RF generator to trigger in vitro release. RESULTS & DISCUSSION: Within 2.5 h, 18 mg (92%) of loaded drug and 14 mg (68%) of loaded drug carriers were released using short RF exposure (5 min), compared with 5 mg (31%) of drug and 2 mg (11%) of drug carriers without a RF trigger. Gold nanoparticles can effectively function as RF energy transducers inside titania nanotubes for rapid release of therapeutics at arbitrary times. CONCLUSION: The results of this study show that RF is a promising strategy for triggered release from implantable drug delivery systems where on-demand delivery of therapeutics is required.
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