Technetium-99m-labelled diagnostic agent for kidney scanning and process for its manufacture

US4118468A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Strecker · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
• Reinhard Kasmarker · Marburg, DE
• Gerhard Kloss · Kelkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 12, 1976
• Grant date: Oct 3, 1978
• Expiry date: Nov 12, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K2123/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A diagnostic agent for the visualization of the kidneys is disclosed as well as a process for its manufacture. The new agent consists of pyrrolidinomethyl-tetracycline in a buffer solution, a tin(II) salt and technetium-99m in physiological sodium chloride solution.