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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
David Johnson, Wayne, PA (US);
Jonny Østensen, Oslo, NO;
Morten Eriksen, Oslo, NO;
Audun Tornes, Oslo, NO;
Sigmund Frigstad, Oslo, NO;
Harald Dugstad, Oslo, NO;
JO Klaveness, Oslo, NO;
Pål Rongved, Oslo, NO;
Roald Skurtveit, Oslo, NO;
Jorunn Brænden, Oslo, NO;
David Johnson, Wayne, PA (US);
Jonny Østensen, Oslo, NO;
Morten Eriksen, Oslo, NO;
Audun Tornes, Oslo, NO;
Sigmund Frigstad, Oslo, NO;
Harald Dugstad, Oslo, NO;
Jo Klaveness, Oslo, NO;
Pål Rongved, Oslo, NO;
Roald Skurtveit, Oslo, NO;
Jorunn Brænden, Oslo, NO;
GE Healthcare AS, Oslo, NO;
Abstract
Ultrasound contrast agents comprising microbubbles of biocompatible gas, e.g. a sulphur halide or a perfluorocarbon, stabilized by opsonisable amphiphilic material, e.g. a membrane-forming lipid such as a phospholipid, especially a negatively charged phospholipid such as a phosphatidylserine, may exhibit prolonged contrast-generating residence time in the liver following intravenous administration.