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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. 14, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Guerbet S.A., Villepinte, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-9364 ; 424900 ; 514186 ; 514492 ; 514502 ; 514836 ; 436173 ;
Abstract
A diagnostic composition comprising a binuclear complex between a polyaminopolycarboxylic ligand, such as diethylene triamine pentacetic acid, a paramagnetic metal such as Gd and an endogenous metal such as Ca, optionally mixed with the mononuclear complex of the same paramagnetic metal and the same ligand. This composition can be used as a contrasting agent in magnetic resonance imaging.