2013, Fiave, Prosper Agbesi, Boehringer, Stephan, Gazdhar, Amiq, Geiser, Thomas, Hradetzky, David

Electric field accelerated plasmid droplets to permeate tissues has been demonstrated on cell culture and ex-vivo lung tissue of rats using enhanced green fluorescence protein reporter gene for transfection. This opens a window of opportunity to design an electrospray instrument usable within the working channel of bronchoscope to noninvasively treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We elaborate a concept and realized a device usable in the working channel of a flexible bronchoscope taking into account restrictions within typical bronchoscopy procedure.