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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:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
May. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edythe D London, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alane S Kimes, Perry Hall, MD (US);
Andrew Horti, Columbia, MD (US);
Robert F Dannals, Sparks, MD (US);
Michael Kassiou, Marrickville, AU;
Assignees:
The United States of America, represented by The Secretary, Department, , US;
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514339 ; 5462767 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to radiolabeled epibatidine analogues, specifically FPH labeled with radioisotopes of fluorine and/or carbon. These radiolabeled epibatidine compounds are used to noninvasively image and quantify nicotinic cholinergic receptors in the living brain for both research studies and the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases.