Container with multi-phase composition for use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications
AssigneeImaRx Pharmaceutical Corp.
InventorsEvan C. Unger, Terry Matsunaga, David Yellowhair
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Abstract
A container comprising an aqueous lipid suspension and a gaseous phase substantially separate from the aqueous stabilizing phase, useful in diagnostic imaging such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging and in therapeutic applications, is disclosed.
Claims51
A container which contains a composition comprising an aqueous phase and a gaseous phase substantially separate from said aqueous phase, wherein said aqueous phase comprises a lipid suspended therein and said gaseous phase comprises sulfur hexafluoride gas, and wherein said composition is capable of forming lipid spheres encapsulating the gas upon agitation of the container.
A container which contains a composition for use in diagnostic imaging, wherein the composition comprises an aqueous phase and a gaseous phase which comprises sulfur hexafluoride, wherein said aqueous phase includes a lipid suspended therein and the composition is capable of forming lipid spheres encapsulating the gas upon agitation of the container.
A container which contains a composition for use in diagnostic imaging, wherein the composition comprises an aqueous phase and a substantially separate gaseous phase, said aqueous phase comprising lipid suspended therein and said gaseous phase comprising a substantially insoluble gas in combination with a soluble gas, wherein the composition is capable of forming lipid spheres encapsulating the gas upon agitation of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.