Optical imaging of rheumatoid arthritis

US7879314B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayer Schering Pharma AG · DE

Inventors

• Kai Licha · Berlin, DE
• Michael Schirner · Berlin, DE
• Axel Vater · Berlin, DE
• Sonja Vollmer · Kleinmachnow, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2006
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A90/10
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention concerns the use of indocarbocyanine dyes, in particular indotricarbocyanine dyes for the diagnosis of inflammatory diseases, in particular rheumatoid arthritis, methods of diagnosing inflammatory diseases and an apparatus useful to carry out the method of diagnosing.