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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven C Quay, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Dilip M Worah, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Salutar, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-9 ; 128653 ; 128654 ; 536173 ; 536806 ; 556 45 ; 556 51 ; 556 57 ; 556 83 ; 556110 ; 556118 ; 556136 ; 556138 ;
Abstract
In the NMR imaging of a subject comprising administering to such subject a composition containing an image-modifying effective amount of an image enhancer, permitting the enhancer to move through the subject, and after a time interval taking an NMR image of the subject, the improvement which comprises employing as said enhancer a complex of a paramagnetic polyvalent metal and a partial amide and/or ester of diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid. The complexes are new.