Dr. Chris Ivanoff, a faculty member in the West Virginia University School of Dentistry, was recently honored for a patent he was awarded to enhance dental drug delivery. Dr. Ivanoff serves as a professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and director of global engagement for the school.
Ivanoff’s invention, a wireless patch system for transdermal, transmucosal and dental electrical drug delivery, aims to transform patient care and outcomes by eliminating the need for syringes and the oral route for drug administration. He was honored with a plaque for his development by his peers in the scientific community and Vultek Biotechnologies.
“I hope this small contribution to science will one day make a significant impact on the way we practice and teach dentistry—making drug delivery in dentistry safer and more efficient, potentiating the remineralization of teeth from the inside out and offering underserved communities worldwide lifetime protection against dental caries with one single application of fluoride,” Ivanoff said.
He has also been awarded a patent for methods and systems combining alternating current electroosmosis with dielectrophoresis to enhance delivery of active agents into intraoral structures.
Ivanoff has extensive research experience, and his work has resulted in numerous publications. He also has received the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the president of the United States for his work related to children diagnosed with ring chromosome 14 syndrome.
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