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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
Applicant:
Brian D. Gray, Wayne, PA (US);
Inventor:
Brian D. Gray, Wayne, PA (US);
Assignee:
Phanos Technologies, Inc., Culver City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a family of cyanine dyes which fluoresce in the far red and near infra red wavelengths of the spectrum and preferably possess lipophilic side chains. The dyes of the invention are soluble in commercially available membrane staining vehicles, are useful as probes for rapidly staining lipophilic structures such as membranes in cells or isolated from cells, and are well retained therein. Methods of using the dyes to detect stained cells both in vivo and in vitro are also disclosed.