Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
MR-signal emitting coatings
The present invention provides a coating that emits magnetic resonance signals and a method for coating medical devices therewith. The coating includes a paramagnetic metal ion-containing polymer complex that facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic techniques by readily visualizing medical devices coated with the complex. The present invention also provides methods by which pre-existing polymers and medical devices may be made MR-imageable. The invention also provides methods of improving MR-imageability of polymers and medical devices by encapsulating the polymers and medical devices with hydrogels.
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
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Xiqun Junwei Charles Milton Orhan Hyuk
Jiang Li Strother Unal Yu