A61K 49/18
Characterised by a special physical form
Official title: characterised by a special physical form, e.g. emulsions, microcapsules, liposomes
A61K49/18 (Characterised by a special physical form) appears on 1,303 US grants and 1,841 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61K- Granted patents
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Magnetic formulations for biomarker sampling and enhanced drug delivery22 Sep 2026US 12,741,038 B2Rocket Science Health Corp.
- MRI contrast agent for use in the diagnosis of early changes in the endothelium of blood vessels15 Sep 2026US 12,734,256 B2Lipid Systems Sp. Z O.O.
- Method for treating cancerous tissue with a nanotherapeutic1 Sep 2026US 12,721,910 B2Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
- Methods for preparing nanotherapeutic compositions1 Sep 2026US 12,721,911 B2Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
- Magnetomotive probe and method of use thereof4 Aug 2026US 12,697,097 B2NanoEcho AB
- Method for synthesizing zeolite nanoparticles in a saline phosphate buffer and associated nanoparticles, suspensions, pharmaceutical composition and uses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306532 A1Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Oligosaccharide and/or polysaccharide coated iron oxide nanorods and methods of making and use thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298916 A15M Biomed, LLC
- Dual-modal tumor imaging using functionalized iron-oxide nanoparticles for mri and fluorescence imaging3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256952 A1University of South Florida
- Anti-cancer strain secreting streptavidin-fusion protein having biotin binding ability, anti-cancer composition using the same, anti-cancer adjuvant and tumor imaging agent27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250336 A1Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- All-in-one multimodal nanotheranostic platform for image-guided therapy20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241003 A1The Johns Hopkins University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Particle immobilized coatings and uses thereof1,386US 8,679,454 B2SurModics, Inc. · 2014
- Hydrogel compositions and methods of use667US 5,514,379 AThe General Hospital Corporation · 1996
- Masking of liposomes from RES recognition611US 4,501,728 ATechnology Unlimited, Inc. · 1985
- Therapeutic drug delivery systems498US 5,580,575 AImaRx Pharmaceutical Corp. · 1996
- Method for the production of medical-grade lipid-coated microbubbles, paramagnetic labeling of such microbubbles and therapeutic uses of microbubbles492US 5,215,680 ACavitation-Control Technology, Inc. · 1993