John Robert Eisenbrey,Margaret Alison Wheatley,Patrick OKane,Lorenzo Albala,Flemming Forsberg
申请号:
US14835636
公开号:
US20160059036A1
申请日:
2015.08.25
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
The invention relates to an ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) comprising an outer shell and a gas core. The gas core is filled with oxygen, and the outer shell comprises a first surfactant and a second surfactant. The invention also relates to a method of making an oxygen-filled UCA and delivering oxygen to a local area of a subjects body. The method comprises injecting a composition comprising an oxygen-filled UCA of the invention into the subjects body directing ultrasound radiation to the local area in an intensity sufficient to rupture the UCA.