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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2019
Applicant:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Paul E. Bigeleisen, Baltimore, MD (US);
Kyle Kenney, Baltimore, MD (US);
Mark E. Shirtliff, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61K 47/32 (2006.01); A61K 47/38 (2006.01); A61K 49/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61K 47/32 (2013.01); A61K 47/38 (2013.01); A61K 49/226 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermo-responsive ultrasound coupling gel that contains a thermo-responsive polymer such as poly(n-isopropyl acrylamide), the gel having a phase shift at a temperature in the range of 32 to 35° C. such that the gel has a loss factor G″/G' of >1 at <32° C. and a loss factor G″/G′ of <1 at >35° C. The gel can also contain at least one of a solvent and gelling agent. Methods and uses for the thermo-responsive ultrasound coupling gel in an ultrasound and/or ultrasound guided procedure.