Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – In vivo diagnosis or in vivo testing – Magnetic imaging agent
Patent
1996-11-13
1999-03-30
Kight, John
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
In vivo diagnosis or in vivo testing
Magnetic imaging agent
424 165, 424 91, 424 93, 534 10, 534 14, 534 15, A61K 4900, G01N 3100, G01N 3348
Patent
active
058884769
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides compositions comprising contrast agents capable of binding non-covalently to blood proteins. The compositions of the invention provide increased residence time of contrast agents in the vasculature, thus providing effective blood pool contrast agents. The invention also provides methods for imaging a patient comprising administering a composition of the invention to a patient and obtaining an image.
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Guffey Wendell Ray
Jones Dameron
Kight John
Mallinckrodt Medical Inc.
Stierwalt Brian K.
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