Patent · US Expired

Targeted ultrasound contrast agents

US6264917A · kind A · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

NYCOMED IMAGING AS · NO

Inventors

Jo Klaveness · Oslo, NO
Pal Rongved · Oslo, NO
Dagfinn L.o slashed.vhaug · Oslo, NO

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 1997
Grant date	Jul 24, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S977/929
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Targetable diagnostic and/or therapeutically active agents, e.g. ultrasound contrast agents, having reporters comprising gas-filled microbubbles stabilised by monolayers of film-forming surfactants, the reporter being coupled or linked to at least one vector.

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