Back to results
US 2006/0222587 A1Published application
Hybrid inorganic nanoparticles, methods of using and methods of making
OwnerParas Prasad, Richard Mazurchuk +5inventors
InventorsParas Prasad, Richard Mazurchuk, Dhruba Bharali, Dinesh Sukumaran, Earl Bergey, Joseph Spernyak, Mukund Seshadri
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention provides hybrid inorganic nanoparticles, methods of making the hybrid inorganic nanoparticles and methods of using the hybrid inorganic nanoparticles.
Claims20
A hybrid inorganic nanoparticle which includes from about 2000 to about 600,000 19F nuclei.
A method of making hybrid inorganic nanoparticles, the method comprising:
- providing a first liquid component of an emulsion system;
- providing a second liquid component of an emulsion system;
- providing a precursor, wherein the precursor is an alkoxy silane precursor which includes 19F;
- mixing the first liquid component, the second liquid component and the precursor;
- applying mechanical force to produce an emulsion which includes a dispersed phase and a continuous phase;
- and
- separating the dispersed phase from the continuous phase to produce the hybrid inorganic nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles are from about 20 nm to about 200 nm in diameter and comprise 19F nuclei.
4 more elements
A method of acquiring a spectroscopic acquisition of a subject comprising:
- administering the nanoparticles of the present invention to the subject and
- obtaining a spectroscopic acquisition of the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.