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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:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rolf Lohrmann, La Jolla, CA (US);
Ashwin Krishnan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Molecular Biosystems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-937 ; 424-189 ; 424-93 ; 562 30 ; 562-1 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to improved imaging agents useful for .sup.19 F magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). More particularly, the present invention relates to fluorinated fatty acid sulfonate derivatives, such as those derived by reaction of fluorinated fatty acids with sulfonated compounds such as taurine analogs or isethionic acid analogs, which offer improved water solubility and biocompatibility.