US Patent Issued to TRANSLATIONAL AND FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE on July 7 for "Radiopaque nanoparticles for medical imaging" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,121, issued on July 7, was assigned to TRANSLATIONAL AND FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE LLC (Encino, Calif.).

"Radiopaque nanoparticles for medical imaging" was invented by Bashir Akhavan Tafti (Encino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure features imaging media including a contrast agent encapsulated within a biodegradable nanoparticle matrix. The particles are sized such that they avoid excretion via urinary excretion (e.g., at least 5 nm in diameter) during an imaging procedure or an image-guided procedure. Instead, the particles are predominantly removed from circulation by the reticuloendothelial syste...