Complex compounds for diagnosis of vascular diseases

US6342201B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Institut fur Diagnostikforschung GmbH an der Freien Universitat Berlin · DE

Inventors

• Ludger Dinkelborg · Berlin, DE
• Christoph-Stephan Hilger · Berlin, DE
• Wolfhard Semmler · Glienicke, DE
• Ulrich Speck · Berlin, DE
• Peter Henklein · Belfast, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 1997
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2002
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K51/088
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention concerns novel complexes for use in the diagnosis of vascular diseases, methods of manufacturing such complexes and diagnostic agents containing them. These complexes strongly enrich themselves in atherosclerotic plaques and are thus suitable for use in non-invasive procedures for diagnosing atherosclerosis.