ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,239, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to BEACON MRI LTD (Zichron Yaacov, Israel).
"Particles for use in hyperpolarization" was invented by Itai Katz (Nofit, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are particles comprising a crystalline matrix and a dopant, wherein one of the atoms of the matrix is 19F and 31P, or 13C, 15N, 29Si, 16O, 17O, 23Na, 39K, 25Mg, 40Ca, 43Ca or deuterium; and the dopant is a compound involved in a biological process in a mammalian organism; and wherein the dopant is present in an amount of between 0.01% and 20% of the plurality of particles, and wherein when the matrix comprises an atom selecte...