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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:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David J. Yang, Sugarland, TX (US);
Chun W. Liu, Sugarland, TX (US);
Dong-Fang Yu, Houston, TX (US);
E. Edmond Kim, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 5/100 ; A61M 3/614 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 5/100 ; A61M 3/614 ;
Abstract
The invention provides, in a general sense, a new labeling strategy employing Tc chelated with ethylenedicysteine (EC). EC is conjugated with a variety of ligands and chelated to Tc for use as an imaging agent for tissue-specific diseases. The drug conjugates of the invention may also be used as a prognostic tool or as a tool to deliver therapeutics to specific sites within a mammalian body. Kits for use in tissue-specific disease imaging are also provided.