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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2002
Applicants:
H. Craig Dees, Knoxville, TN (US);
Timothy C. Scott, Knoxville, TN (US);
Eric A. Wachter, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
H. Craig Dees, Knoxville, TN (US);
Timothy C. Scott, Knoxville, TN (US);
Eric A. Wachter, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignee:
Xantech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
New contrast agents for ultrasound imaging and methods for use of such agents for imaging of human or animal tissue are described, wherein a primary active component of such medicaments is a halogenated xanthene or halogenated xanthene derivative. Preferably, the halogenated xanthene is Rose Bengal or a functional derivative of Rose Bengal.