Patents by Inventor Walter Dastrù

Walter Dastrù 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).

  • Process for the preparation of aqueous solutions of hyperpolarized molecules
    Patent number: 8961933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a one-step process for the preparation of aqueous solutions of hyperpolarized molecules in which, in a single step, the said hyperpolarized molecules are separated from the crude solution by means of a fast phase-transfer extraction and isolated in an impurity-free aqueous solution, ready for use in the MRI diagnostic imaging of organs, region or tissues of the human or animal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Bracco Imaging S.p.A.
    Inventors: Francesca Reineri, Alessandra Viale, Giovanni Battista Giovenzana, Daniela Santelia, Walter Dastru′, Roberto Gobetto, Silvio Aime, Fulvio Uggeri
  • Ionic and non-ionic radiographic contrast agents for use in combined X-ray and nuclear magnetic resonance diagnostics
    Patent number: 8518373
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for obtaining diagnostic images of a human or animal body organ, region, fluid or tissue by using combined X-ray and/or Magnetization Transfer (MT) based MRI techniques and iodinated radiographic compounds as contrast agents, as well as improved Chemical Exchange dependent Saturation Transfer (CESDT or CEST) based MRI procedures in which a iodinated contrast agents is used for in vivo determining a physiological parameter of diagnostic interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Bracco Imaging SpA
    Inventors: Silvio Aime, Alessandro Barge, Valentina Mainero, Fulvio Uggeri, Dario Livio Longo, Enzo Terreno, Walter Dastrù
  • Ionic and Non-Ionic Radiographic Contrast Agents for Use in Combined X-ray and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Diagnostics
    Publication number: 20100135913
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for obtaining diagnostic images of a human or animal body organ, region, fluid or tissue by using combined X-ray and/or Magnetization Transfer (MT) based MRI techniques and iodinated radiographic compounds as contrast agents, as well as improved Chemical Exchange dependent Saturation Transfer (CESDT or CEST) based MRI procedures in which a iodinated contrast agents is used for in vivo determining a physiological parameter of diagnostic interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Silvio Aime, Alessandro Barge, Valentina Mainero, Fulvio Uggeri, Dario Livio Longo, Enzo Terreno, Walter Dastrù