Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – In vivo diagnosis or in vivo testing – Magnetic imaging agent
Patent
1993-06-04
1995-02-28
Kumar, Shailendra
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
In vivo diagnosis or in vivo testing
Magnetic imaging agent
424673, 12866202, 12866102, 12866001, 514744, 514746, 514752, 514754, 514757, A61K 4902
Patent
active
053935241
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein are agents for enhancing the contrast in an ultrasound image. These agents are extremely small bubbles, or "microbubbles," comprised of specially selected gases. The microbubbles described herein exhibit long life spans in solution and may be produced at a size small enough to traverse the lungs, thus enabling improved ultrasound imaging of the cardiovascular system and other vital organs. Also disclosed herein is a method for selecting gases from which contrast agents may be produced. The method is based on calculations using inherent physical properties of gases and describes a means to associate the properties of a gas with the time for dissolution of a microbubble comprised of the gas.
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Kumar Shailendra
Sonus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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