US Patent Issued to Bracco Suisse on Feb. 17 for "Freeze-dried product and gas-filled microvesicles suspension" (Swiss, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,446, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Bracco Suisse SA (Cadempino, Switzerland).

"Freeze-dried product and gas-filled microvesicles suspension" was invented by Philippe Bussat (Pers-Jussy, France), Anne Lassus (Veyrier, Switzerland), Jean Brochot (Cruseilles, France), Michel Schneider (Troinex, Switzerland) and Feng Yan (Grand Lancy, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a suspension of gas-filled microvesicles by reconstituting a freeze-dried product and a suspension obtained according to said method, where the freeze-dried product has been subjected to a thermal treatment."

The patent was filed on ...