Patents Assigned to Cavitation-Control Technology, Inc.
  • Method for the production of medical-grade lipid-coated microbubbles, paramagnetic labeling of such microbubbles and therapeutic uses of microbubbles
    Patent number: 5215680
    Abstract: This invention relates to a large scale method for the production of medical grade lipid-coated microbubbles, to the paramagnetic labeling of such microbubbles and to therapeutic applications for the microbubbles. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of the production of medical grade, concentrated suspensions of stable, paramagnetically derivatized or underivatized microbubbles useful for ultrasonic and magnetic resonance imaging and also relates to therapeutic interventions such as selective tumor destruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Cavitation-Control Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph S. D'Arrigo