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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael B. Miller, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Kent A. Murphy, Troutville, VA (US);
Harry C. Dorn, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Steven A. Stevenson, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Janice P. Stevenson, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Shufang Luo, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Luna Innovations, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/900 ;
Abstract
A method for imagining and treating a body employing at least one trimetallic nitride template endohedral metallofullerene compound is disclosed. The compound has at least one diagnostic and at least one treatment atom encapsulated within a fullerene cage. The two atoms are different from each other. The compound is administered into a body, traced, and allowed to react at a targeted area of the body.