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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2010
Applicant:
Timothy Charles Higgs, Saffron Waldon, GB;
Inventor:
Timothy Charles Higgs, Saffron Waldon, GB;
Assignee:
Lightship Medical Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 311/39 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); C07D 221/18 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 311/39 (2013.01); C07D 221/18 (2013.01); G01N 33/582 (2013.01); Y10T 436/144444 (2015.01);
Abstract
The invention provides fluorophores of formulae (I) and (II) and also fluorescent sensor compounds comprising fluorophore moieties based on such fluorophores in combination with a receptor moiety. There is further provided a method of sensing the presence of a target analyte using the fluorescent sensor compound, as well as the use of the fluorescent sensor compounds to sense a target analyte.