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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Anup Sood, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Lisa Anne Lowery, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Praveena Mohan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James Edward Rothman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Donald Burczak, Voorheesville, NY (US);
Hae Won Lim, Niskayuna, NY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenetady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a microbubble complex comprising a microbubble having an outer shell comprising a mixture of native and denatured albumin encapsulating a perfluorocarbon gas, a therapeutic agent, a bifunctional linker having one end attached to the therapeutic agent and the other attached to a ligand and wherein the ligand is bound to the other shell of the microbubble through hydrophobic interactions. Also included are methods for delivering the aforementioned microbubble complex to a tissue target.