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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:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard J Flanagan, St. Lazare, CA;
Duncan H Hunter, London, CA;
Vincenzo Quiquero, Mississauga, CA;
Pamela Zabel, St. Mary's, CA;
Assignee:
Merck Frosst Canada, Inc., Kirkland, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A01N / ; C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-185 ; 514300 ; 514312 ; 514340 ; 514252 ; 514218 ; 514384 ; 514383 ; 544 60 ; 548537 ;
Abstract
Angiotensin convening enzyme (ACE) inhibitors can be labelled with Iodine-123, Iodine-125, Iodine-127 or Iodine-131, useful to image the kidneys and lungs for diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as essential hypertension, renal artery stenosis, or diabetes which are associated with a change in the amount of ACE present in the human body.