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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Philip Stewart Low, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Walter Anthony Henne, Jr., Lafayette, IN (US);
Bindu Varghese, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Ryan Rothenbuhler, Kimmell, IN (US);
Inventors:
Philip Stewart Low, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Walter Anthony Henne, Jr., Lafayette, IN (US);
Bindu Varghese, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Ryan Rothenbuhler, Kimmell, IN (US);
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 51/00 (2006.01); A61K 51/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 51/0459 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for targeting an imaging agent to cells of an animal to detect localized infections. More particularly, localized infections are detected by targeting imaging agents to inflammatory cells having receptors for a vitamin by using vitamin-imaging agent conjugates.