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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:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Amersham Health AS, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ; A61K 9/127 ; A61K 9/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ; A61K 9/127 ; A61K 9/14 ;
Abstract
Novel membrane-forming amphiphilic lipopeptides comprising one or more peptide moieties containing 2-50 aminoacyl residues and one or more hydrocarbon chains containing 5-50 carbon atoms. Such lipopeptides may be used in the formation of stabilized gas microbubble dispersions suitable for use as diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents, for example as ultrasound contrast agents.