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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stuart Raynolds, Wilmington, DE (US);
Robert H. Dettre, Hockessin, DE (US);
Assignee:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1035 ; B01F 1/714 ; B01J 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1035 ; B01F 1/714 ; B01J 1/300 ;
Abstract
An injectable physiologically acceptable aqueous phase fluorocarbon emulsion, which has substantially no free fluorocarbon, has an excellent stability is prepared by a process of the invention. Typically, more than about 99.8 wt. % of the fluorocarbon remains in the size range of about 0.2 to 0.4 microns even after being stored at room temperature for one year or more in sealed containers under a non-oxidizing atmosphere. The emulsion is useful in medical applications, for example, coronary angioplasty, cancer therapy, among others.