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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:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfgang H Gunther, Wayne, PA (US);
Dennis Kiyoshi Fujii, Wayne, PA (US);
Kenneth Edmund Kellar, Wayne, PA (US);
Christopher Douglass Black, Wayne, PA (US);
Vinay C Desai, Wayne, PA (US);
Marshal Beeber, Wayne, PA (US);
Jennifer Wellons, Wayne, PA (US);
Anne Kjersti Fahlvik, Oslo, NO;
Anne Nae butted.vestad, Oslo, NO;
Assignee:
Nycomed Imaging AS, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-9322 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to MR contrast media containing composite nanoparticles, preferably comprising a superparamagnetic iron oxide core provided with a coating comprising an oxidatively cleaved starch coating optionally together with a functionalized polyalkyleneoxide which serves to prolong blood residence.