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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pier Lucio Anelli, Milan, IT;
Andrea Beltrami, Milan, IT;
Fulvio Uggeri, Milan, IT;
Mario Virtuani, Milan, IT;
Assignee:
Dibra S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-9364 ; 534 16 ; 556 50 ; 556 55 ; 556 63 ; 556 77 ; 556105 ; 556116 ; 556134 ; 556148 ; 514492 ; 514502 ; 514836 ; 562405 ; 562500 ; 562507 ;
Abstract
Compounds which can chelate paramagnetic bi- and trivalent metal ions, their chelates with said metal ions and their use as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the compounds having formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R is a --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --O--R.sub.2 group or hydrogen,