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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Ruizheng Wang, Rochester, NY (US);
John W. Harder, Rochester, NY (US);
David A. Stegman, Churchville, NY (US);
William J. Harrison, Pittsford, NY (US);
Hans F. Schmitthenner, Rush, NY (US);
Ruizheng Wang, Rochester, NY (US);
John W. Harder, Rochester, NY (US);
David A. Stegman, Churchville, NY (US);
William J. Harrison, Pittsford, NY (US);
Hans F. Schmitthenner, Rush, NY (US);
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a diagnostic contrast agent comprising a water dispersible, near-infrared tricarbocyanine, enamine-functionalized dye having a Stoke shift of greater than 50 and represented by five general formulae. The present invention also relates to a method for making a dye-conjugate utilizing the novel dye and a method of identifying a biological compound using the novel dye conjugate.