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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:
Jan. 22, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jack S Cohen, Bethesda, MD (US);
Chi-Wan Chen, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Charles E Myers, Rockville, MD (US);
Miriam Sohn, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1286534 ; 128654 ; 424-9 ;
Abstract
Water-soluble paramagnetic metalloporphyrins are used as contrast enhancing agents for magnetic resonance imaging. These agents exhibit excellent localization, non-toxicity and suprisingly high contrast enhancement in magnetic resonance imaging applications.