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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2005
Applicants:
Timothy C. Scott, Knoxville, TN (US);
H. Craig Dees, Knoxville, TN (US);
Eric A. Wachter, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Timothy C. Scott, Knoxville, TN (US);
H. Craig Dees, Knoxville, TN (US);
Eric A. Wachter, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignee:
Provectus Pharmatech, Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 51/00 (2006.01); A61M 36/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
New diagnostic agents for positron emission tomography (PET) and methods for use of such agents for imaging of human or animal tissue are described, wherein a primary active component of such agents is a radiolabeled halogenated xanthene or halogenated xanthene derivative. Preferably, the radiolabeled halogenated xanthene is radiolabeled Rose Bengal or a functional derivative of Rose Bengal.