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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. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nycomed Imaging AS, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-952 ; 424-95 ; 424-951 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to contrast agents comprising microbubble-generating carbohydrate microparticles in admixture with an amphiphilic organic acid containing in excess of 20 carbon atoms. The contrast agents exhibit good stability and/or enhanced contrast effect and may be used in diagnostic applications such as ultrasound and MR imaging.