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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8044377 | Shielded container The present invention provides a radiation-shielding container for a radiopharmaceutical that may be magnetically picked and placed, assembled and dis-assembled. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8035376 | Optical pumping modules, polarized gas blending and dispensing systems, and automated polarized gas distribution systems and related devices and methods A method of providing polarized noble gas for NMR or MRI applications incorporates a control module, a plurality of optical pumping modules each including an optical pumping cell operably associated with the control module; a plurality of dispensing systems, one for... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033981 | Radioactive member and method of making A radioactive member for use in brachytherapy comprising a molded elongate, bioabsorbable carrier material with spaced radioactive sources disposed therein, and methods for the manufacture thereof. The radioactive members may be used in the treatment of, for example... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8020694 | Hyperpolarized gas transport and storage devices and associated transport and storage methods using permanent magnets A transport unit includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged to provide a magnetic holding field for protecting hyperpolarized gas during storage and/or transport. The permanent magnets are configured in a relatively light weight manner to project a substanti... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8007427 | Products and methods for brachytherapy A radioactive member for use in brachytherapy comprising a hollow elongate bioabsorbable suture member with radioactive seeds and spacer members without different coloration and diameter from the radioactive seeds alternately disposed therein, and methods for the ma... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7988612 | Carrier-free Pd brachytherapy seeds A brachytherapy seed comprising (a) carrier-free 103Pd isotope, (b) a substrate for the carrier-free 103Pd radioisotope, and (c) a casing for encapsulating the carrier-free 103Pd-laden substrate, is disclosed. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7746075 | Methods, systems, circuits and computer program products for determining polarization of a gas A circuit for determining a polarization of a gas. The circuit includes a polarimetry circuit having an NMR coil that is configured to excite a polarized gas and that is responsive to an electromagnetic signal generated by the excited, polarized gas. The polarimetry... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7610914 | MRI/NMR-compatible, tidal volume control and measurement systems, methods, and devices for respiratory and hyperpolarized gas delivery Ventilator systems include: (a) a mass flow controller; (b) a gas delivery valve in communication with the mass flow controller and configured to selectively dispense a plurality of different gases to a subject; (c) a first gas source in fluid communication with the... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7547274 | Radioactive member and method of making A radioactive member for use in brachytherapy comprising a molded elongate, bioabsorbable carrier material with spaced radioactive sources disposed therein, and methods for the manufacture thereof. The radioactive members may be used in the treatment of, for example... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7373782 | Polarized gas accumulators and heating jackets and associated gas collection and thaw methods and polarized gas products Methods of collecting, thawing, and extending the useful polarized life of frozen polarized gases include heating a portion of the flow path and/or directly liquefying the frozen gas during thawing. A polarized noble gas product with an extended polarized life produ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357917 | Diagnostic procedures using Xe spectroscopy characterstic chemical shift to detect pathology in vivo An in vivo non-invasive method for detecting and/or diagnosing a pathological condition using hyperpolarized 129Xe spectroscopy is disclosed. Generally stated, the method includes determining the magnitude of spectral peaks which represent particular chem... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7322928 | Products and methods for brachytherapy A radioactive member for use in brachytherapy comprising a hollow elongate bioabsorbable suture member with radioactive seeds and spacer members without different coloration and diameter from the radioactive seeds alternately disposed therein, and methods for the ma... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320322 | Valve for conducting hyperpolarized gas The valve of the present invention provides a one-piece valve stem piston having a piston head and a piston stem. The piston head has a larger diameter than the piston stem. The stem incorporates only a single sliding O-ring in the area that seals the gas in the val... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7287391 | Automated modular hyperpolarizers and related devices and methods Modular expandable hyperpolarizers include a central control module and at least one optical pumping module that can be expandable to a plurality of optical pumping modules that can be separately operated depending on the capacity demands at the production site (hos... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287390 | Optical pumping modules, polarized gas blending and dispensing systems, and automated polarized gas distribution systems and related devices and methods Hyperpolarizers for producing polarized noble gases can include: (a) a control module configured to direct the operation of a hyperpolarizer to produce polarized noble gas via spin-exchange interactions between a noble gas and an alkali metal; (b) at least one optic... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275540 | MRI/NMR-compatible, tidal volume control and measurement systems, methods, and devices for respiratory and hyperpolarized gas delivery Ventilator systems include: (a) a mass flow controller; (b) a gas delivery valve in communication with the mass flow controller and configured to selectively dispense a plurality of different gases to a subject; (c) a first gas source in fluid communication with the... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275413 | Methods, systems, circuits, and computer program products for determining polarization of a gas A system for determining polarization of a gas comprises a container that contains the polarized gas. An oscillator circuit comprises an Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) coil that is positioned adjacent to the container. A pulse generator circuit is configured to ge... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277775 | Automated dynamic pressure-responsive dispensing systems, and associated methods and computer program products Methods, systems and computer program products for dispensing hyperpolarized gas include or operate a plurality of spaced apart individually operable valves positioned in fluid communication with and located along a gas flow path. The gas flow path that is intermedi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7179450 | Methods for in vivo evaluation of pulmonary physiology and/or function using NMR signals of polarized Xe In certain embodiments, methods of the present invention obtain dynamic data sets of an NMR spectroscopy signal of polarized 129Xe in a selected structure, environment, or system. The signal data can be used to evaluate: (a) the physiology of a membrane o... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7127934 | Methods, systems, circuits, and computer program products for determining polarization of a gas A system for determining polarization of a gas comprises a container that contains the polarized gas. An oscillator circuit comprises an NMR coil that is positioned adjacent to the container. A pulse generator circuit is configured to generate an electrical pulse th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6995641 | Hyperpolarized gas containers, solenoids, transport and storage devices and associated transport and storage methods A compact portable transport unit for shipping hyperpolarized noble gases and shielding same from electromagnetic interference and/or external magnetic fields includes a means for shifting the resonance frequency of the hyperpolarized gas outside the bandwidth of ty... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991777 | Methods for in vivo evaluation of physiological conditions and/or organ or system function including methods to evaluate cardiopulmonary disorders such as chronic heart failure using polarized 129 Xe In certain embodiments, methods of the present invention obtain NMR spectroscopy signal data that corresponds to the behavior of the polarized 129Xe at a selected site(s) in selected environments in vivo. The gas exchange signal data can be used to evalua... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6905455 | Radioactive member and method of making A radioactive member for use in brachytherapy comprising a molded elongate, bioabsorbable carrier material with spaced radioactive sources disposed therein, and methods for the manufacture thereof. The radioactive members may be used in treatment of, for example, pr... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6867591 | NMR transfer standard A device for simulating a sample of gas having a specific level of polarization when measured by a NMR pickup coil includes an active circuit loosely coupled to the NMR pickup coil. The active circuit responds as a hyperpolarized gas having the specific level of pol... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6808699 | Methods for imaging pulmonary and cardiac vasculature and evaluating blood flow using dissolved polarized 129Xe MR spectroscopy and imaging methods for imaging pulmonary and cardiac vasculature and the cardiac region and evaluating blood flow or circulatory deficits use dissolved phase polarized 129Xe gas and large flip angle excitation pulses. Pulmonary and cardia... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6807810 | Hyperpolarized gas containers, solenoids, transport and storage devices and associated transport and storage methods A compact portable transport unit for shipping hyperpolarized noble gases and shielding same from electromagnetic interference and/or external magnetic fields includes a means for shifting the resonance frequency of the hyperpolarized gas outside the bandwidth of ty... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6735977 | Magnetic holding field for cryogenically accumulated polarized 129Xenon An apparatus and a method for providing a magnetic holding field about a chamber for accumulating frozen 129Xe. The apparatus includes a magnetic field source and a yoke for supporting the magnetic field source about the chamber. The magnetic field source... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6696040 | Diagnostic procedures using 129Xe spectroscopy characteristic chemical shift to detect pathology in vivo An in vivo non-invasive method for detecting and/or diagnosing a pathological condition using hyperpolarized 129 Xe spectroscopy is disclosed. Generally stated, the method includes determining the magnitude of spectral peaks which represent par... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6667008 | Hyperpolarized noble gas extraction methods, masking methods, and associated transport containers Methods of extracting and removing hyperpolarized gas from a container include introducing an extraction fluid into the container to force the hyperpolarized gas out of an exit port. The hyperpolarized gas is forced out of the container separate and apart... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6648130 | Hyperpolarized gas transport and storage devices and associated transport and storage methods using permanent magnets A transport unit includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged to provide a magnetic holding field for protecting hyperpolarized gas during storage and/or transport. The permanent magnets are configured in a relatively light weight manner to project ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6630126 | Diagnostic procedures using direct injection of gaseous hyperpolarized 129Xe and associated systems and products A method of screening for pulmonary embolism uses gaseous phase polarized 129 Xe which is injected directly into the vasculature of a subject. The gaseous 129 Xe can be delivered in a controlled manner such that the gas substantially... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6599497 | Hyperpolarized helium-3 microbubble gas entrapment methods and associated products Methods for increasing the T1 of injectable microbubble formulations of hyperpolarized 3 He include the step of introducing the hyperpolarized 3 He to a quantity of microbubbles held in a chamber and increasing the pressur... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6566875 | Portable hyperpolarized gas monitoring systems, computer program products, and related methods using NMR and/or MRI during transport A system, method, and computer program products and associated apparatus, to monitor and determine the polarization level of a quantity of hyperpolarized gas during transport. A portable device is configured to transmit an excitation pulse and analyze a r... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6543236 | Hyperpolarized noble gas extraction methods, masking methods, and associated transport containers Methods of extracting and removing hyperpolarized gas from a container include introducing an extraction fluid into the container to force the hyperpolarized gas out of an exit port. The hyperpolarized gas is forced out of the container separate and apart... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6537825 | Hyperpolarized noble gas extraction methods, masking methods, and associated transport containers Methods of extracting and removing hyperpolarized gas from a container include introducing an extraction fluid into the container to force the hyperpolarized gas out of an exit port. The hyperpolarized gas is forced out of the container separate and apart... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6526778 | Resilient containers for hyperpolarized gases and associated methods A resilient multi-layer container is configured to receive a quantity of hyperpolarized noble fluid such as gas and includes a wall with at least two layers, a first layer with a surface which minimizes contact-induced spin-relaxation and a first or secon... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523356 | Meted hyperpolarized noble gas dispensing methods and associated devices Methods of dispensing meted quantities of hyperpolarized gas to form a hyperpolarized gas mixture include pre-filling a gas syringe with a quantity of non-polarized gas, then introducing the hyperpolarized gas therein while the non-polarized gas is held t... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6491895 | Methods for imaging pulmonary and cardiac vasculature and evaluating blood flow using dissolved polarized 129Xe MR spectroscopy and imaging methods for imaging pulmonary and cardiac vasculature and the cardiac region and evaluating blood flow or circulatory deficits use dissolved phase polarized 129 Xe gas and large flip angle excitation pulses. Pulmonar... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6488910 | Methods for dissolving hyperpolarized 129 Xe gas using microbubbles Methods for increasing the T1 of injectable microbubble formulations of hyperpolarized 3 He include the step of introducing the hyperpolarized 3 He to a quantity of microbubbles held in a chamber and increasing the pressur... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484532 | NMR polarization monitoring coils, hyperpolarizers with same, and methods for determining the polarization level of accumulated hyperpolarized noble gases during production Hyperpolarizers which produce hyperpolarized noble gases include one or more on-board NMR monitoring coils configured to monitor the polarization level of the hyperpolarized gas at various production points in the polarized gas production cycle. A dual sy... | 11/26/2002 |
