Granted Patent
B2
US 8,207,211 · App. 11/885,241 · Granted Jun 26, 2012
Photosensitizers for targeted photodynamic therapy
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Abstract
The present invention relates to photosensitizer compounds based on functionalized fullerenes useful in targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT), and methods of use thereof.
Claims (5)
1. A functionalized fullerene compound of the formula:
2. A pharmaceutical composition, comprising:
a biocompatible carrier and an effective amount of a functionalized fullerene compound of claim 1 .
3. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2 , wherein the composition is a solution having a fullerene concentration of between 1 and 100 micromolar.
4. The composition of claim 2 , further comprising a hyperosmotically active chemical species.
Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jul 23, 2008
From: WHARTON, TIM; GALI, HARIPRASAD
To: LYNNTECH, INC.
Reel/Frame 021277/0194 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jul 23, 2008
From: HAMBLIN, MICHAEL R.
To: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021277/0199 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application
60657181
· Feb 28, 2005