Fluorescent chelates as visual tissue specific imaging agents
US5928627A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/582
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Fluorescent chelates of terbium and europium with tri- and tetra-cyclopolyazamacrocyclic compounds are discussed which can be used as fluorescent in vitro or in vivo diagnostic agents. These chelates are tissue specific imaging agents.
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