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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. 03, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard T Dean, Bedford, NH (US);
Assignee:
Diatech Inc., Londonderry, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530326 ; 530300 ; 530322 ; 424-93 ; 424-935 ; 424-94 ; 424-943 ; 424-96 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to reagents, radiolabeled reagents and methods for producing such reagents and radiolabeled reagents. Specifically, the invention relates to technetium-99m (Tc-99m) labeled peptides that specifically bind to inflammatory sites in vivo, methods and kits for making such peptides, and methods for using such peptides to image sites of infection and inflammation in a mammalian body.