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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:
Jun. 29, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
USSR Cardiology Research Centre, Moscow, SU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-11 ; 424-2 ; 424-9 ; 424486 ; 424400 ;
Abstract
An in vivo imaging or therapeutic method including administering to a mammal a specific affinity reagent including a physiologically compatible polymer bonded to one or more specific affinity molecules capable of selectively binding to a predetermined substance or class of cells, and one or more reporter groups capable of providing detectable contrast between the predetermined substance or class of cells and cells or substances of the mammal to which the specific affinity reagent does not bind, or of killing cells of the predetermined class.