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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:
Mar. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karel J Lambert, San Diego, CA (US);
Edward G Jablonski, Escondido, CA (US);
Assignee:
Molecular biosystems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12866202 ; 424-95 ;
Abstract
Ultrasonic imaging agents comprising an aqueous suspension of negatively buoyant aspherical microdroplets composed of a biocompatible liquid core encapsulated by a shell of amphiphilic biocompatible material are prepared by milling a mixture of a solution of the shell material and vaporized liquid and cooling the milled mixture to below the boiling point of the liquid.