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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
May. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Duncan Wynn, Amersham, GB;
Gareth Humphries, Amersham, GB;
Inventors:
Duncan Wynn, Amersham, GB;
Gareth Humphries, Amersham, GB;
Assignee:
GE Healthcare AS, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 51/00 (2006.01); A61M 36/14 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing an aliphatic central moiety containing hydroxyl groups allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to methods employing such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.