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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:
May. 04, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian R de Costa, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Michael J Iadarola, Washington, DC (US);
Kenner C Rice, Bethesda, MD (US);
Richard B Rothman, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Karen F Berman, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
546 44 ; 424-11 ; 424-9 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to radiolabeled N-substituted-6-iodo-3,14-dihydroxy-4,5.alpha.-epoxymorphinans, intermediates for producing the same, and a process for the preparation and methods of detecting opioid receptors. The radioimaging agent of the present invention has the following formula: ##STR1## wherein I is selected from the group consisting of .sup.123 I and .sup.125 I; and where R is alkyl, cycloalkylloweralkyl or allyl.