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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:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
May. 27, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexei A Bogdanov, Newton, MA (US);
Thomas J Brady, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-934 ; 424-935 ; 424-936 ; 424-9364 ; 514-6 ; 514 54 ; 514 59 ; 514836 ; 436173 ; 436806 ;
Abstract
A biocompatible medical composition including a polymeric carrier, a protective chain linked to the polymeric carrier, and a reporter group linked to the carrier or to the carrier and the protective chain. The invention also relates to a method of treating a disease in a patient by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of the composition, and may include scanning the patient using an imaging technique which can detect the reporter group to obtain a visible image of the distribution of the composition.