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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2001
Leo A. Trevino, San Diego, CA (US);
Ernest George Schutt, San Diego, CA (US);
David H. Klein, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Thomas E. Tarara, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffry G. Weers, San Diego, CA (US);
Alexey Kabalnov, San Diego, CA (US);
Leo A. Trevino, San Diego, CA (US);
Ernest George Schutt, San Diego, CA (US);
David H. Klein, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Thomas E. Tarara, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffry G. Weers, San Diego, CA (US);
Alexey Kabalnov, San Diego, CA (US);
Imcor Pharmaceutical Co., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A gas emulsion forming composition comprising a dry, hollow, particulate, approximately microspherical material permeated with a gas or gas mixture, which upon dissolution in aqueous liquid forms a gas emulsion comprising a plurality of bubbles surrounded by a layer of at least a first and a second surfactant, wherein the first surfactant consists essentially of a phospholipid or mixture of phospholipids having at least one acyl chain which comprises at least 10 carbon atoms, and comprising at least about 5% w/w of total surfactant, and wherein the second surfactant may or may not be a phospholipid and is more water soluble than the first surfactant; kits for preparing such microbubbles; and methods for using such microbubbles as contrast agents.