Non-cluster type bismuth compounds
US6117412A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 22, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 22, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61P31/04
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of generating an image of a human or non-human animal body which comprises administering to said body a physiologically tolerable contrast enhancing amount of a non-cluster type bismuth compound, and methods of treating gastrointestinal disorders using the same. Diagnostic imaging contrast media comprising non-cluster type bismuth compounds are also disclosed, together with novel covalent non-cluster type bismuth compounds.
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