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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. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Lon J. Wilson, Houston, TX (US);
Kyle Ryan Kissell, Manvel, TX (US);
Keith Bennett Hartman, McLean, VA (US);
Inventors:
Lon J. Wilson, Houston, TX (US);
Kyle Ryan Kissell, Manvel, TX (US);
Keith Bennett Hartman, McLean, VA (US);
Assignee:
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/04 (2006.01); B82Y 5/00 (2011.01); C01B 31/22 (2006.01); A61K 49/06 (2006.01); A61K 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 51/00 (2013.01); A61K 49/0409 (2013.01); A61K 49/0447 (2013.01); B82Y 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Compositions and methods related to carbon nanotubes are provided. More particularly, imaging agents comprising carbon nanotubes internally loaded with a contrast agent and associated methods are provided. One example of a method may involve a method for imaging comprising: providing an imaging agent comprising a carbon nanotube loaded with contrast agent; introducing the imaging agent into a cell; and imaging the cell to detect the presence of the imaging agent.