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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Evan C. Unger, Tucson, AZ (US);
Thomas A. Fritz, Tucson, AZ (US);
Terry Matsunaga, Tucson, AZ (US);
Varadarajan Ramaswami, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Yellowhair, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Guanli Wu, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Evan C. Unger, Tucson, AZ (US);
Thomas A. Fritz, Tucson, AZ (US);
Terry Matsunaga, Tucson, AZ (US);
VaradaRajan Ramaswami, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Yellowhair, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Guanli Wu, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
Targeted therapeutic delivery systems comprising gas- or gaseous precursor-filled lipid microspheres comprising a therapeutic are described. Methods for employing such microspheres in therapeutic delivery applications are also provided. Targeted therapeutic delivery systems comprising gas- or gaseous precursor-filled liposomes having a drug encapsulated therein are preferred. Methods of and apparatus for preparing such liposomes and methods for employing such liposomes in therapeutic delivery applications are also disclosed.