Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Xiqun Jiang

Charles Milton Strother

Hyuk Yu

Orhan Unal

Sangwook Park

Junwei Li

The present invention provides a coating that emits magnetic resonance signals and a method for coating medical devices therewith. The coating includes a paramagnetic metal ion-containing polymer complex that facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic techniques by readily visualizing medical devices coated with the complex. The present invention also provides methods by which pre-existing polymers and medical devices may be made MR-imageable. The invention also provides methods of improving MR-imageability of polymers and medical devices by encapsulating the polymers and medical devices with hydrogels.

MR-signal emitting coatings

Disclosed are thiol-functionalized phospholipids that have been covalently linked to a gold and/or silver substrate, methods for making them, and intermediates useful for such purposes. The resulting material creates a biomimetic surface that can be included in a conduit containing blood.

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Nanjing, China

Xiqun Jiang