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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:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jo Klaveness, Oslo, NO;
Pål Rongved, Oslo, NO;
Anders Høgset, Oslo, NO;
Helge Tolleshaug, Oslo, NO;
Anne Nævestad, Oslo, NO;
Halldis Hellebust, Oslo, NO;
Lars Hoff, Oslo, NO;
Alan Cuthbertson, Oslo, NO;
Dagfinn Løvhaug, Oslo, NO;
Magne Solbakken, Oslo, NO;
Assignee:
Nycomed Imaging AS, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ; A61B 5/055 ; A61K 5/100 ; A61K 4/904 ; A61K 9/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ; A61B 5/055 ; A61K 5/100 ; A61K 4/904 ; A61K 9/14 ;
Abstract
Targetable diagnostic and/or therapeutically active agents, e.g. ultrasound contrast agents, having reporters comprising gas-filled microbubbles stabilised by monolayers of film-forming surfactants, the reporter being coupled or linked to at least one vector.