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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Daniel Anthony, Oxford, GB;
Benjamin Guy Davis, Oxford, GB;
Nicola Sibson, Oxford, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Isis Innovation Limited, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/18 (2006.01); A61K 47/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/48338 (2013.01); A61K 49/0004 (2013.01); A61K 49/1887 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides multimeric particle comprising metal-containing particles covalently bonded to one another by linker groups wherein at least some of said linker groups are cleavable. The invention further provides a contrast agent comprising said multimeric particles, along with a method of improving contrast of an image using said contrast agent.