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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2017
Applicant:

The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Ralph Weissleder, Peabody, MA (US);

Hakho Lee, Acton, MA (US);

Tae-Jong Yoon, Kyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/18 (2006.01); A61K 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/1824 (2013.01); A61K 41/0052 (2013.01);
Abstract

A magnetic nanoparticle includes a magnetic core and a superparamagnetic outer shell, in which the outer shell enhances magnetic properties of the nanoparticle. The enhanced magnetic properties of the magnetic nanoparticle allow for highly sensitive detection as well as diminished non-specific aggregation of nanoparticles.


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