Contrast agent

US7431914B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GE HEALTHCARE AS · NO

Inventors

• Alan Cuthbertson · San Jose, US
• Magne Solbakken · Oslo, NO
• Dagfinn Lovhaug · Oslo, NO
• Philip Duncanson · London, GB
• Harry John Wadsworth · Norton, GB
• Anthony Eamon Storey · Cleckheaton, GB
• Nigel Anthony Powell · Norton, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 2004
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2008
• Expiry date: Jun 15, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K51/0497
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A contrast agent of formula I: V-L-R (I) where V is an organic group having binding affinity for an angiotensin II receptor site, L is a linear or branched amino acid-comprising biomodifier or linker moiety, and R is a reporter moiety detectable in in vivo imaging of a human or animal body.