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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:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1996
Richard T. Dean, Bedford, NH (US);
William McBride, Summit, NJ (US);
Diatide, Inc., Londonderry, NH (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to therapeutic reagents and peptides, radiodiagnostic reagents and peptides, and methods for producing labelled radiodiagnostic agents. Specifically, the invention relates to linear peptide derivatives and analogs of somatostatin, and embodiments of such peptides radiolabelled with a radioisotope, as well as methods and kits for making, radiolabelling and using such peptides for radiodiagnostic and radiotherapeutic purposes. The invention specifically relates to linear peptide derivatives and analogues of somatostatin radiolabelled with technetium-99m and uses thereof as scintigraphic imaging agents. The invention also specicically relates to linear peptide derivatives and analogues of somatostatin radiolabelled with cytotoxic radioisotopes such as rhenium-186 (,Re) and rhenium-188 (,Re) for use as radiotherapeutic agents. Methods and kits for making, radiolabelling and using such peptides diagnostically and therapeutically in a mammalian body are also provided.