Patent ID: 8367041

Claim:
A contrast agent for postmortem, experimental or diagnostic angiography and for examination of animal or human corpses or components thereof, comprising: an essentially oil-based, non-polar contrast component for X-ray examinations, said contrast component having a contrast component viscosity in the range of 30-100 mPas, wherein the contrast component is present in a mixture with at least one first further non-polar component of a viscosity, which is lower or at the most equal to the contrast component viscosity, and a second further non-polar component having a viscosity in the range of 25-80 mPas, wherein the contrast agent is essentially free from water, wherein the first further non-polar component is hexadecane or tetradecane, and wherein the contrast component and the second further non-polar component are used in a ratio of 1:5 and the first further non-polar component is used in a ratio of 50:1 to the mixture of the contrast component and the second further non-polar component.