Non-cluster type bismuth compounds
US5817289A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07F9/94
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The use in diagnostic imaging, in particular X-ray, MRI, ultrasound and scintigraphy, of contrast agents comprising bismuth clusters and/or organic bismuth compounds, and contrast media containing such bismuth compounds. The bismuth compounds are also useful in therapy, in particular as antimicrobial agents and antiulcer agents. Novel bismuth compounds are also disclosed.
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