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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:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ludger Dinkelborg, Berlin, DE;
Christoph Stephan Hilger, Berlin, DE;
Wolfhard Semmler, Glienicke, DE;
Ulrich Speck, Berlin, DE;
Peter Henklein, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 5/100 ; A61M 3/614 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 5/100 ; A61M 3/614 ;
Abstract
The present invention concerns novel complexes for use in the diagnosis of vascular diseases, methods of manufacturing such complexes and diagnostic agents containing them. These complexes strongly enrich themselves in atherosclerotic plaques and are thus suitable for use in non-invasive procedures for diagnosing atherosclerosis.