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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:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vladimir P Torchilin, Charlestown, MA (US);
Vladimir S Trubetskoy, Milton, MA (US);
Gerald L Wolf, Winchester, MA (US);
G Scott Gazelle, Hingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-94 ; 424-943 ; 424-945 ; 514-5 ; 514561 ; 514563 ; 514568 ; 514617 ; 514754 ; 530402 ; 562465 ; 562474 ; 564188 ; 570182 ;
Abstract
A radiographic imaging agent including a plurality of block copolymers forming a micelle, the block copolymers including a hydrophilic polymer linked to a hydrophobic polymer, and the hydrophobic polymer including a backbone incorporating radiopaque molecules via covalent bonds.