PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACCEPTABLE EMULSIONS CONTAINING PERFLUOROCARBON ETHER HYDRIDES AND METHODS OF USE

摘要

This invention relates to physiologically acceptable emulsions of perfluorocarbon ether hydrides having 8 to 12 carbon atoms. These novel emulsions have various medical applications. They are especially useful medically as contrast media for various biological imaging modalities such a s nuclear magnetic resonance, 19F-magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, x-ra y, and computed tomography, as oxygen transport agents or "artificial bloods" i n the treatment of heart attack, stroke, and other vascular obstructions, as adjuvants to coronary angioplasty and in cancer radiation treatment and chemotherapy.