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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:
Jul. 01, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Buck A Rhodes, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Rhomed Incorporated, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-169 ; 424-141 ; 424-149 ; 424-173 ; 424-934 ; 424-935 ; 424 851 ; 530300 ; 530351 ; 530304 ;
Abstract
Methods and reagents for the in vivo tagging of leukocytes, and in particular lymphocytes, with a leukostimulatory agent and a linked medically useful metal ion, including a radioisotope, and subsequent detection of leukocyte or lymphocyte trafficking and sites of concentrated leukocytes or lymphocytes within the patient by radiodetection or paramagnetic means are disclosed.