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US 12,097,270 B2Granted
Methods and devices for preparation of ultrasound contrast agents
AssigneeLantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.
InventorsSimon P. Robinson, Carol Walker, David C. Onthank, Joel Lazewatsky, Nhung Tuyet Nguyen
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Abstract
Provided herein are methods and devices for identifying and/or distinguishing UCA formulations and specifically activating such formulations to produce UCA suitable for in vivo use.
Claims13
A shaking device comprising:
- a holder configured to hold a vial containing an ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) lipid formulation;
- a detector configured to identify a sample type, wherein the sample type is an aqueous UCA lipid formulation or a non-aqueous UCA lipid formulation, and wherein the detector is an RFID reader, a barcode scanner, a color scanner, or a microchip reader;
- a memory, wherein two or more pre-set options are stored in the memory, wherein the two or more pre-set options each define a period of time and/or a shaking rate;
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- a processor configured to select a period of time and/or shaking rate from the two or more pre-set options based on the identified sample type,
- wherein the device is configured to activate the identified sample type at the selected period of time and/or selected shaking rate.
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