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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
Applicants:
Kevin Groves, Somerville, MA (US);
Milind Rajopadhye, Westford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Groves, Somerville, MA (US);
Milind Rajopadhye, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
VisEn Medical, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/18 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); B82Y 5/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/1866 (2013.01); A61K 49/0002 (2013.01); A61K 49/0032 (2013.01); A61K 49/0056 (2013.01); A61K 49/0093 (2013.01); A61K 49/186 (2013.01); A61K 49/1833 (2013.01); B82Y 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to highly fluorescent metal oxide nanoparticles to which biomolecules and other compounds can be chemically linked to form biocompatible, stable optical imaging agents for in vitro and in vivo applications. The fluorescent metal oxide nanoparticles may also be used for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), thus providing a multi modality imaging agent.