Acoustically reflective liposomes and methods to make and use the same
US5858399A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/2984
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention relates to tissue specific acoustically reflective oligolamellar liposomes containing internally separated bilayers and methods to make and to use the same, alone as a perfusion ultrasonic contrast agent or conjugated to a ligand for tissue-specific ultrasonic image enhancement.
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