Diagnostic aid for the scintigraphic visualization of malignant tumors comprising the substance obtained from enzymatic processing of murein using hen's eggwhite lysozyme

US4885151A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Erich Oberhausen · Homburg, DE
• Ludwig Kuhlmann · Flörsheim, DE
• Gerhard Seibert · Darmstadt, DE
• Axel Steinstrasser · Liederbach, DE
• Hans-Joachim Schroth · Hanau, DE
• Karl-Heinz Bremer · Bad Soden am Taunus, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 1987
• Grant date: Dec 5, 1989
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2007

Classification

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

Abstract

A diagnostic aid for the scintigraphic visualization of malignant tumors which contains a radionuclide which is bonded by means of a complex-forming agent to the substance obtained by the enzymatic processing of murein with enzyme consisting essentially of hen's eggwhite lysozyme.