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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:
Nov. 10, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raghavan Rajagopalan, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
Donald R VanDeripe, Lake St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-11 ; 534 15 ; 534 16 ;
Abstract
A diagnostic composition suitable for administration to a warm-blooded animal, which comprises a MRI-effective amount of a zwitterionic complex of a paramagnetic ion having a cyclic or open chain structure and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a method for performing a MRI diagnostic procedure using the same.