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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:
Mar. 07, 1995
Filed:
May. 09, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
David E Troutner, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Christy S John, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Maroor R Pillai, Vashi, IN;
Assignee:
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-149 ; 424-169 ; 534 10 ; 534 14 ; 5303915 ; 564368 ;
Abstract
A group of functionalized triamine chelants and their derivatives that form complexes with radioactive metal ions are disclosed. The complexes can be covalently attached to a protein or an antibody or antibody fragment and used for therapeutic and/or diagnostic purposes. The chelants are of the formula: ##STR1## wherein n, m, R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and L are defined in the specification.