Use of metal complexes as liver and gallbladder X-ray diagnostic agents

US5672335A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SCHERING CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Werner Krause · Plantsville, US
• Thomas Balzer · Berlin, DE
• Wolf-Rudiger Press · Berlin, DE
• Gabriele Schuhmann-Giampieri · Berlin, DE
• Ulrich Speck · Berlin, DE
• Andreas Muhler · Oderberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 1995
• Grant date: Sep 30, 1997
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/24
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Metal complexes containing a metal of atomic numbers 39-42, 44-51 or 56-83 and a complexing agent can be used for the production of contrast media for use in the contrast-enhanced computer tomography of the liver and the biliary tracts.