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Patent Inventor Names
Daniel M. Scott0
Hironao Sijiki0
Randall B. Lauffer0
Thomas J. McMurry0
Date of Patent
June 12, 2007
0Patent Application Number
107555070
Date Filed
January 12, 2004
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention relates to contrast agents for diagnostic imaging with prolonged blood retention. In particular, this invention relates to novel compounds that are characterized by an image enhancing moiety (IEM); a protein plasma binding moiety (PPBM); and a blood half-life extending moiety (BHEM). This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using the compounds and compositions for blood half-life extension and contrast enhancement of diagnostic imaging.
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