Abstract: A water-soluble magnetic anti-mitotic compound with a water-solubility of at least 100 micrograms per milliliter, a molecular weight of at least 150 grams per mole, a mitotic index factor of at least 10 percent, a positive magnetic susceptibility of at least 1,000×10?6 cgs, and a magnetic moment of at least 0.5 bohr magnetrons, wherein said compound is comprised of at least 7 carbon atoms and at least one inorganic atom with a positive magnetic susceptibility of at least 200×10?6 cgs.

Abstract: A water-soluble magnetic anti-mitotic compound with a water-solubility of at least 100 micrograms per milliliter, a molecular weight of at least 150 grams per mole, a mitotic index factor of at least 10 percent, a positive magnetic susceptibility of at least 1,000×10?6 cgs, and a magnetic moment of at least 0.5 bohr magnetrons, wherein said compound is comprised of at least 7 carbon atoms and at least one inorganic atom with a positive magnetic susceptibility of at least 200×10?6 cgs.

Abstract: An implantable medical device comprised of a lumen. When the device is, at different points in time, exposed to two different radio frequency electromagnetic radiations, one of whose frequencies differs from the other by a factor of at least 1.5, at least 90 percent of each of the radio frequency electromagnetic radiations penetrates to the lumen of the device.

Abstract: A water-soluble magnetic anti-mitotic compound with a water-solubility of at least 100 micrograms per milliliter, a molecular weight of at least 150 grams per mole, a mitotic index factor of at least 10 percent, a positive magnetic susceptibility of at least 1,000×10?6 cgs, and a magnetic moment of at least 0.5 bohr magnetrons, wherein said compound is comprised of at least 7 carbon atoms and at least one inorganic atom with a positive magnetic susceptibility of at least 200×10?6 cgs.

Abstract: An assembly that contains a medical device and biological material within which the medical device is disposed. The assembly has a direct or alternating current magnetic susceptibility within the range of from about plus 1×10?2 centimeter-gram-seconds to about minus 1×10?2 centimeter-gram-seconds.

Abstract: A passive resonant circuit is disposed on an implanted stent. The materials, geomentry and electrical parameters of the stent with passive resonant circuit are chosen and arranged so that incident electromagnetic radiation induces currents in the passive resonant circuit that optimize imageability during MR scanning.

Abstract: An inorganic tubular structure comprised of a nanomagnetic material, wherein said nanomagnetic material has a saturation magnetization of from about 2 to about 3000 electromagnetic units per cubic centimeter and is comprised of nanomagnetic particles with an average particle size of less than about 100 nanometers, and wherein the average coherence length between adjacent nanomagnetic particles is less than 100 nanometers

Abstract: A gas storage assembly that has an enclosure within which are disposed at least about 100 inorganic tubules are present for each cubic micron of volume of the enclosure. The assembly has a storage capacity of at least 20 grams of hydrogen per liter of volume of the enclosure.

Abstract: A water-soluble magnetic anti-mitotic compound with a water-solubility of at least 100 micrograms per milliliter, a molecular weight of at least 150 grams per mole, a mitotic index factor of at least 10 percent, a positive magnetic susceptibility of at least 1,000×10?6 cgs, and a magnetic moment of at least 0.5 bohr magnetrons, wherein said compound is comprised of at least 7 carbon atoms and at least one inorganic atom with a positive magnetic susceptibility of at least 200×10?6 cgs.

Abstract: A coated assembly with an inductance of from about 0.1 to about 5 nanohenries and a capacitance of from about 0.1 to about 10 nanofarads. The coated assembly contains a stent and a coating. When the assembly is exposed to radio frequency electromagnetic radiation with a frequency of from 10 megahertz to about 200 megahertz, at least 90 percent of the electromagnetic radiation penetrates to the interior of the stent.

Abstract: A high magnetic susceptibility nanomagnetic material that may be attached to recognition molecules and other therapeutic biological materials so as to be targeted to specific biologic tissues, thereby enabling the presence of the targeted tissue to be detected under magnetic resonance imaging with much greater sensitivity. Also a stent coated with such nanomagnetic material to enable artifact free imaging of such stent under magnetic resonance imaging.

Abstract: An assembly for shielding an implanted medical device from the effects of high-frequency radiation and for emitting magnetic resonance signals during magnetic resonance imaging. The assembly includes an implanted medical device and a magnetic shield comprised of nanomagnetic material disposed between the medical device and the high-frequency radiation. In one embodiment, the magnetic resonance signals are detected by a receiver, which is thus able to locate the implanted medical device within a biological organism.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a composition of matter comprised of about 90% by weight of particles smaller than about 100 nanometers comprised of magnetic atoms. These nanomagnetic particles have a first magnetic moment between about 2 to about 3,000 emu per cubic centimeter, and a magnetic durability such that after about 6 months the magnetic moment does not vary by more than 5%. The nanomagnetic material, when used with implantable medical devices, upon exposure to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiation, reduces the eddy currents, improves the imageability, cancels the positive susceptibility, improves the magnetic field about such devices, and may be used to modify the magnetic susceptibility of such devices.

Abstract: A nancomposite material containing nanomagnetic material disposed within a matrix. The nanomagnetic material has a saturation magentization of from about 2 to about 3000 electromagnetic units per cubic centimeter and contains nanomagnetic particles with an average particle size of less than about 100 nanometers; the average coherence length between adjacent nanomagnetic particles is less than 100 nanometers.

Abstract: An implantable medical device comprised of a lumen. When the device is, at different points in time, exposed to two different radio frequency electromagnetic radiations, one of whose frequencies differs from the other by a factor of at least 1.5, at least 90 percent of each of the radio frequency electromagnetic radiations penetrates to the lumen of the device.

Abstract: An implantable medical device comprised of a lumen with a volume of from about 1×10?7 cubic meters to 1×10?5 cubic meters wherein, when said device is exposed to radio frequency electromagnetic radiation with a frequency of from 10 megahertz to about 200 megahertz, at least 90 percent of the electromagnetic radiation penetrates to the lumen of the device, and the concentration of the electromagnetic radiation that penetrates to the lumen of the device is substantially identical at different points within such lumen.

Abstract: A process for treating cells within a biological organism in which sonic energy is focused on cells within a biological organism while the frequency and/or the power level of such energy is varied. In addition there is provided a process for synergistically combining sonic energy and other forms of energy, or other therapeutic agents, in the treatment of cells in living organisms. Furthermore there is provided a process for assaying the efficacy of other therapeutic agents with sonic energy.

Abstract: A contrast-enhancing agent that has a saturation magnetization of at least 1.5 Tesla and that, when contacted with MRI radiation, provides a first gray scale response that is substantially uniform and that has a resolution of at least about 1 millimeter. When the contrast-enhancing agent is repeatedly contacted with said MRI radiation over a period of at least one year, it will repeatedly produce gray scale responses which are substantially identical to the first gray scale response.

Abstract: A coated assembly with an inductance of from about 0.1 to about 5 nanohenries and a capacitance of from about 0.1 to about 10 nanofarads. The coated assembly contains a stent and a coating. When the assembly is exposed to radio frequency electromagnetic radiation with a frequency of from 10 megahertz to about 200 megahertz, at least 90 percent of the electromagnetic radiation penetrates to the interior of the stent.

Abstract: Materials, devices and methods are described for making and using devices of enhanced electromagnetic transparency. Desirable embodiments include for example, nanomagnetic compositions that provide series and/or parallel resonances that act to diminish induced current and/or voltage in devices and thereby alter electromagnetic penetration. Devices, including medical implants, such as stents, may be formed or modified in a variety of protective conformations. Such conformations include, for example, the addition or formulation with layer(s) of protective material or with of discrete components such as multiple capacitors and inductors.