Patents by Inventor Sigrid Lise Fossheim

Sigrid Lise Fossheim 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).

  • USE OF PARTICULATE CONTRAST AGENTS IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING FOR STUDYING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMATERS
    Publication number: 20090191131
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of imaging of an animate human or non-human animal body, which method comprises: administering parenterally to said body a particulate material comprising a matrix or membrane material and at least one contrast generating species, which matrix or membrane material is responsive to a pre-selected physiological parameter whereby to alter the contrast efficacy of said species in response to a change in the value of said parameter; generating image data of at least part of said body in which said species is present; and generating therefrom a signal indicative of the value or variation of said parameter in said part of said body. The invention also relates to contrast media for imaging a physiological parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Sigrid Lise Fossheim, Jo Klaveness, Atle Bjornerud, Pal Rongved, Klaes Golman, Roald Skurtveit
  • pH-sensitive liposomes
    Publication number: 20040197392
    Abstract: The invention relates to pH-sensitive liposome systems, compositions comprising said pH sensitive liposome systems and the use of such compositions as contrast agents and medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Knut-Egil Loekling, Roald Skurtveit, Sigrid Lise Fossheim