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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. 08, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rolf Lohrmann, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Molecular Biosystems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-952 ; 424-95 ;
Abstract
Improved ultrasonic imaging contrast agents are provided which are comprised of an aqueous suspension of microspheres comprising at least one gas, preferably a perfluorocarbon, encapsulated by elastic shells of a biocompatible, fluorine-containing amphiphilic material, processes for making the microspheres, and methods of diagnostic imaging using the improved contrast agents.