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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
May. 25, 2011
Kengo Kanazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Honma, Fuchu, JP;
Fumio Yamauchi, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sachiko Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Kengo Kanazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Honma, Fuchu, JP;
Fumio Yamauchi, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sachiko Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a composite particle having a high molar absorption coefficient for detection with higher detection sensitivity in photoacoustic imaging. In the present invention, a composite particle having a particle, a single-chain antibody which includes an antigen recognition region and a region other than the antigen recognition region and which is conjugated with the particle, and an organic dye conjugated with the single-chain antibody, in which the region other than the antigen recognition region of the single-chain antibody has thiol group, and a functional group of the particle is bound to the thiol group, is provided.