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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2015
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
John Robert Eisenbrey, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Margaret Alison Wheatley, Media, PA (US);
Patrick O'Kane, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Lorenzo Albala, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Flemming Forsberg, Lafayette Hill, PA (US);
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to an ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) comprising an outer shell and a gas core. The gas core is filled with oxygen, and the outer shell comprises a first surfactant and a second surfactant. The invention also relates to a method of making an oxygen-filled UCA and delivering oxygen to a local area of a subject's body. The method comprises injecting a composition comprising an oxygen-filled UCA of the invention into the subject's body; directing ultrasound radiation to the local area in an intensity sufficient to rupture the UCA.