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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:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Applicant:
Henry Wu, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Henry Wu, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/127 (2006.01); A61K 31/20 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/20 (2013.01); A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 9/1075 (2013.01); A61K 9/127 (2013.01);
Abstract
A phospholipid microbubble comprising a shell which comprises a plurality of polyunsaturated fatty acid ('PUFA')-containing phospholipids, and a core of inert gas surrounded by the shell comprising the plurality of PUFA-containing phospholipids. The present invention also provides methods of delivering a prophylactically or therapeutically effective amount of PUFA to an area of disease or injury in a subject. The present invention also provides methods of preventing or treating a disease in a subject using a prophylactically or therapeutically effective amount of the aforementioned phospholipid microbubbles.