...that Kleenex tissue was originally designed to be a gas mask filter? It was developed at the beginning of World War I to replace cotton, which was then in short supply as a surgical dressing.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6680047 | Diagnostic/therapeutic agents Targetable diagnostic and/or therapeutically active agents, e.g. ultrasound contrast agents, comprising a suspension in an aqueous carrier liquid of a reporter comprising gas-containing or gas-generating material, said agent being capable of forming at le... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6674837 | X-ray imaging system incorporating pixelated X-ray source and synchronized detector An X-ray imaging system utilizing a pixelated X-ray source and a X-ray imaging detector operated synchronously. The imaging system may be used in industrial and medical applications. The X-ray source and X-ray detector are synchronized such that a corresp... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6660248 | Fullerene (C60)-based X-ray contrast agent for diagnostic imaging An contrast agent for therapeutic or diagnostic treatment comprises a fullerene scaffold and an iodinated moiety bonded to the scaffold. The agent may further comprise a water solubilizing moiety bonded to the scaffold, which may be a serinol malonodiamid... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6645464 | Loading metal particles into cell membrane vesicles and metal particular use for imaging and therapy Delivery of metal particles to living tissue, then applying external energy that interacts with the metal particles, is found to selectively increase the energy deposition and interaction surrounding the metal particles. The method is useful to improve tr... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6241967 | Process and device for the production of liquid, disperse systems A continuous process for the production of liquid, disperse systems is described, which is characterized in that a predispersion is extruded under a high pressure of 6.6 to 250 MPa sequentially over 1 to 8 filter stages of decreasing pore size between 0.0... | 06/05/2001 |
| 4702228 | X-ray-emitting interstitial implants Particles or "seeds" are manufactured for implantation into tumors within a human body for emitting X-rays to destroy or reduce the tumors. The seeds contain palladium which is substantially enriched in palladium-102 and which is activated by exposure to ... | 10/27/1987 |