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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2005
Zheng-rong LU, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jindrich Kopecek, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Dennis L. Parker, Centerville, UT (US);
Zheng-Rong Lu, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jindrich Kopecek, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Dennis L. Parker, Centerville, UT (US);
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Degradable macromolecular magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents for use in various diagnostic procedures, and methods for synthesizing, using and degrading these agents, are described. The macromolecule contrast agents disclosed in various aspects of this invention are degradable gadolinium compounds which show prolonged plasma retention, and enhanced permeability and retention in solid tumors, but are still capable of being rapidly cleared from the body.