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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:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Applicant:
The University of North Carolina AT Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventors:
Anthony J. Di Pasqua, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Xiuling Lu, Willington, CT (US);
Michael Jay, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 51/00 (2006.01); A61M 36/14 (2006.01); A61K 51/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 51/1244 (2013.01); A61K 51/1227 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides radiotherapeutic agents and compositions and methods for making and using the same. In some embodiments, the radiotherapeutic agent is a nanoparticle comprising a radionuclide and a carrier moiety. In some embodiments, the radionuclide is produced by activating a stable activatable particle via neutron activation.