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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:
Jun. 28, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald C Gamble, Altadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Vestar Research Inc., Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-11 ; 264-41 ; 264-46 ; 424420 ; 424450 ; 436829 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for preparing small (less than 2000 .ANG.) lipid vesicles in commercial quantities by microemulsifying lipid compositions using very high shear forces generated in a homogenizing apparatus operated at high pressures at a selected temperature. These vesicles are suitable for various biological applications including targeting of tumors in a body for diagnosis and treatment.