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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:
Sep. 21, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard T Dean, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Assignee:
Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; A61K / ; C07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-9 ; 534 16 ; 436173 ; 1286534 ; 514492 ; 514836 ; 556 50 ;
Abstract
Substantially nontoxic manganese or gadolinium complexes of compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein n and m=1, 2, 3 or 4, y=1, 2 or 3, and x is selected from the group consisting of S, CHOH and CHSH, are useful for enhancing magnetic resonance images of body organs and tissues. Illustrative manganese and gadolinium complexes of such compounds include disodium [[(2-hydroxytrimethylene)dinitrilo]tetraaceto]manganese(II) and sodium [[(2-hydroxytrimethylene)dinitrilo]tetraaceto)gadolinium(III).