Medicine Release vs. Time

Extended Release:

Difficult Treatments:

Depending on shape and  porosity of the Silicon carriers.  Medicinal release can be Extended to days, weeks, months or even a year. 

For treatments or therapies that are difficult and/or need time before healing occurs.  Porous Silicon can help to reduce hospital visits or the amount of painful treatments saving the patient and hospital time and cost.   

courtesy of Dr. Alessandro Grattoni of the department of nanomedicine at the Houston Methodist Research Institute.
Fine D, Grattoni A, Goodall R, et al. Silicon micro- and nanofabrication for medicine. Adv Healthc Mater 2013; 2: 632–666