US4916170A
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Process for making skin marker
Assignee: Eneos Corp
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Filing: 1988-07-27
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Granted: 1990-04-10
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Expires: 2008-07-27
Abstract
Abstract A skin marker is provided for diagnosis by X-ray tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. The skin marker is composed of a vessel in which a non-magnetic and X-ray radioopaque material is dispersed, and a hydrogel of high water content filled in the vessel. The hydrogel is prepared by a process comprising a casting step of casting into the vessel an aqueous solution containing more than 8 wt % and not more than 20 wt % of a polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis of not less than 98 mol % and an average polymerization degree of not less than 1,000, a freezing step of cooling the case aqueous solution to a temperature of not higher than - (minus)n 10° C. to obtain a frozen mass, a thawing step of thawing the frozen mass, and one to seven additional cyclic processing steps each including the freezing and thawing steps.
Inventors
- 👤 Masao Nambu
- 👤 Nobuichi Makino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 11:43
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R33/00; G01R33/20; G01R33/44; G01R33/48; G01R33/54; G01R33/56; G01R33/5601; A; A61; A61K; A61K49/00; A61K49/04; A61K49/06; A61K49/18; A61K49/1803; G01R33/58
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
A process for making a skin marker for diagnosis by X-ray tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, comprising a casting step of casting into a vessel an aqueous solution containing more than 8 wt % and not more than 20 wt % of a polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis of not less than 98 mol % and an average polymerization degree of not less than 1,000, a non-magnetic and X-ray radioopaque material being dispersed in a wall of said vessel, a freezing step of cooling the cast aqueous solution of to a temperature of not higher than -(minus) 10° C. to obtain a frozen mass and a thawing step of thawing said frozen mass to obtain a hydrogel of high water content filled in said vessel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
A process for making a skin marker for diagnosis by X-ray tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, comprising a casting step of casting into a vessel an aqueous solution containing more than 8 wt % and not more than 20 wt % of a polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis of not less than 98 mol % and an average polymerization degree of not less than 1,000, a non-magnetic and X-ray radioopaque material being dispersed in a wall of said vessel, a freezing step of cooling the cast aqueous solution of to a temperature of not higher than -(minus) 10° C. to obtain a frozen mass and a thawing step of thawing said frozen mass to obtain a hydrogel of high water content filled in said vessel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The skin marker process according to claim 1, wherein said vessel is made of a material to be easily cut, said material being selected from the group consisting of synthetic resins and natural and synthetic rubbers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The skin marker process according to claim 2, wherein said synthetic resin is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamides, polyvinylchloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polyesters, polyacrylonitrile, polyfluoroethylene, and silicon resins.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The skin marker process according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic and X-ray radioopaque material is dispersed in said vessel in a mixing ratio of from 10 to 45 wt %.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The skin marker process according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic and X-ray radioopaque material is selected from the group consisting of barium sulfate, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, alumina and zirconia.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The skin marker process according to claim 1, wherein said hydrogel is added with an additive which neither hinders gelation of said polyvinyl alcohol nor attenuates the proton NMR signal emitted from said hydrogel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The skin marker process according to claim 6, wherein said additive is added in an amount of not more than 1/2 of the weight of said hydrogel.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The skin marker process according to claim 6, wherein said additive is selected from the group consisting of lecithin, iodine, vegetable oils, animal oils, glucose, casein, methyl alcohol, propyl alcohol and butyl p-hydroxybenzoate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The skin marker process according to claim 6, wherein said additive is selected from the group consisting of nickel, vanadyl, iron (III), dysprosium, cobalt and gadolinium.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The skin marker process according to claim 1, wherein said hydrogel has a water content of from 80 to 92 wt %.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
The skin marker process according to claim 1, wherein said process further comprises, after said thawing step, one to seven additional cyclic processing steps each including said freezing and thawing steps.
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