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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2002
Richard Frayne, Madison, WI (US);
Charles M. Strother, Madison, WI (US);
Orhan Unal, Madison, WI (US);
Zhihao Yang, Madison, WI (US);
Abukar Wehelie, Madison, WI (US);
Hyuk Yu, Blue Mounds, WI (US);
Richard Frayne, Madison, WI (US);
Charles M. Strother, Madison, WI (US);
Orhan Unal, Madison, WI (US);
Zhihao Yang, Madison, WI (US);
Abukar Wehelie, Madison, WI (US);
Hyuk Yu, Blue Mounds, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a coating that emits magnetic resonance signals and a method for coating medical devices therewith. The coating includes a paramagnetic metal ion-containing polymer complex that facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic techniques by readily visualizing medical devices coated with the complex.