Use of prostacyclin derivatives to prevent or to treat disorders of the microcirculatory system when x-ray, NMR or ultrasonic contrast media are administered

US5814301A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SCHERING CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Rainer Klopp · Wandlitz, DE
• Wolfgang Niemer · Berlin, DE
• Wolfgang Schippel · Berlin, DE
• Werner Krause · Plantsville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 1995
• Grant date: Sep 29, 1998
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B82Y5/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Use of a prostacyclin derivative of general formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, X, Y, Z, A, W, D, E, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may have different meanings, for the production of a pharmaceutical agent to prevent or to treat disorders of the microcirculatory system when x-ray, ultrasonic or NMR contrast media are administered.