Patent · US Expired

Nitrogen-containing cyclic ligands, metallic complexes formed by these ligands, diagnostic compositions containing these complexes and process for the preparation of the ligands

US5417960A · kind A · utility

6Cited by
6References
33Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 3, 1994
Grant dateMay 23, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 3, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T436/24
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The subject of the invention is nitrogen-containing cyclic ligands and metal complexes formed by these ligands, the uses of these complexes as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) agents, as X-ray contrast agents and as chemical shift reagents in vivo.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.