Patents Examined by Michael G. Anbrose
  • Fluorine and phosphorous-containing amphiphilic molecules with surfactant properties
    Patent number: 5344930
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## are useful as surfactants in the preparation of fluorocarbon emulsions, which can be used as oxygen-carrying blood substitutes, and for many other therapeutic and diagnostic applications. They are further useful in liposomal formulations which are themselves therapeutic agents or provide a vehicle for such agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp.
    Inventors: Jean G. Riess, Francois Jeanneaux, Marie-Pierre Krafft, Catherine Santaella, Pierre Vierling