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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. 12, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M. Alford, Lakewood, CO (US);
Lon J. Wilson, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Wm. Marsh Rice University TDA Research, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 ; G01N 2/400 ; A61K 5/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 ; G01N 2/400 ; A61K 5/100 ;
Abstract
A non-toxic contrast agent for enhancing contrast in in vivo magnetic resonance measurements, comprised of a water-soluble, stable paramagnetic fullerene that is free of paramagnetic metal species. A preferred contrast agent is a fullerol having at least one unpaired electron.