Patents by Inventor Katrin Suppelt

Katrin Suppelt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multimodal ultrasound and photoacoustic contrast agent based on polymeric microparticles
    Patent number: 10391185
    Abstract: The invention provides a multimodal ultrasound and photoacoustic contrast agent based on polymeric microparticles having a gas core and carrying at least one photoacoustic agent in its shell that stabilizes the gas core, for use in ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging. Such multimodal ultrasound and photoacoustic contrast agent is also suitable as a carrier of drugs and for use in photodynamic therapy, and for tissue imaging ex vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: Fujifilm VisualSonics, Inc., RWTH Aachen
    Inventors: Fabian Kiessling, Twan Lammers, Stanley Fokong Nyongamsen, Katrin Suppelt
  • Multimodal Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Contrast Agent Based on Polymeric Microparticles
    Publication number: 20170252467
    Abstract: The invention provides a multimodal ultrasound and photoacoustic contrast agent based on polymeric microparticles having a gas core and carrying at least one photoacoustic agent in its shell that stabilizes the gas core, for use in ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging. Such multimodal ultrasound and photoacoustic contrast agent is also suitable as a carrier of drugs and for use in photodynamic therapy, and for tissue imaging ex vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Fabian Kiessling, Twan Lammers, Stanley Fokong Nyongamsen, Katrin Suppelt