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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. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michiko Miura, Hampton Bays, NY (US);
John A Shelnutt, Tijeras, NM (US);
Daniel N Slatkin, Southhold, NY (US);
Assignee:
Brookhaven Science Associates, Upton, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 64 ; 540145 ; 424-165 ; 424-9362 ; 534 10 ; 534 14 ; 534 15 ; 514410 ;
Abstract
The present invention covers boronated porphyrins containing multiple carborane cages which selectively accumulate in neoplastic tissue within the irradiation volume and thus can be used in cancer therapies such as boron neutron capture therapy and photodynamic therapy.