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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Kai Licha, Falkensee, DE;
Michael Schirner, Berlin, DE;
Axel Vater, Berlin, DE;
Sonja Vollmer, Kleinmachnow, DE;
Inventors:
Kai Licha, Falkensee, DE;
Michael Schirner, Berlin, DE;
Axel Vater, Berlin, DE;
Sonja Vollmer, Kleinmachnow, DE;
Assignee:
Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention concerns the use of indocarbocyanine dyes, in particular indotricarbocyanine dyes for the diagnosis of inflammatory diseases, in particular rheumatoid arthritis, methods of diagnosing inflammatory diseases and an apparatus useful to carry out the method of diagnosing.