Water-soluble, carrier-bound paramagnetic metal containing diagnostic agents
US4986980A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 1, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/24
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
There is disclosed a diagnostic agent containing a non-radioactive paramagnetic metal species which agent comprises a physiologically tolerable, water-soluble, hydroxyl group-containing macromolecular product to which is chemically bound said metal species, said product consisting essentially of at least one polymeric or polymerized carbohydrate or polymerized sugar alcohol or derivative thereof.
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