Technetium—and rhenium-bis(heteroaryl) complexes and methods of use thereof

US8962799B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · US

Inventors

• John W. Babich · Cambridge, US
• Craig Zimmerman · Topsfield, US
• John Joyal · Melrose, US
• Kevin P. Maresca · Tewksbury, US
• John Marquis · Nashua, US
• Genliang Lu · Winchester, US
• Jian Wang · Shanghai, CN
• Shawn Hillier · Danvers, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 2014
• Grant date: Feb 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07F13/005
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of imaging a region in a subject includes administering to the subject a complex of a metal chelated to a compound, and obtaining an image of the region in the subject.