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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jan Alan Alfheim, Hagan, NO;
Paul Mark Henrichs, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Paul Hohenschuh, Berwyn, PA (US);
Edvin Wilheim Johannesen, Oslo, NO;
William Anthony Sanderson, late of Wayne, PA (US);
Robert Allen Snow, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
Amersham Health AS, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ; A61N 7/00 ; A61K 4/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ; A61N 7/00 ; A61K 4/100 ;
Abstract
A method of treatment of a human or animal body by sonodynamic therapy in which a sensitizer agent is administered to the body and the body is exposed to ultrasound to achieve a cytopathogenic effect at a site therein, wherein the said sensitizer agent is a physiologically tolerable substance which is capable of enhancing the cytopathogenic efficacy of said sonodynamic therapy. Preferably, the sensitizer agent is a water-soluble polymer compound or a conjugate thereof.