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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2008
Duncan George Wynn, Amersham, GB;
Ian Martin Newington, Amersham, GB;
Harry John Wadsworth, Amersham, GB;
Duncan George Wynn, Amersham, GB;
Ian Martin Newington, Amersham, GB;
Harry John Wadsworth, Amersham, GB;
GE Healthcare AS, Oslo, NO;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds of the formula R—Y—X—Z—R where each R denotes a triiodinated phenyl residue further substituted by hydrophilic moieties, Y and Z are urea and urethane groups and X is a alkylene group which may be further substituted. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging, and to contrast media containing such compounds.