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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:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark A Walters, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-96 ; 424-98 ; 514832 ;
Abstract
A composition for use in visualizing tissues comprising a physiologically-acceptable fluorocarbon liquid and a visualizable label such as a chromophore or visible or fluorescent dye associated therewith; preferably the fluorocarbon is in the form of an emulsion and the label has a lipophilic moiety. Also disclosed are methods for labeling and visualizing cells and tissue, such as those of the reticuloendothelial system.