IP Library Granted Patent US 8,545,813
Granted Patent B2
US 8,545,813 · App. 12/359,914 · Granted Oct 1, 2013

Pre-templated macromolecular architectures with multiple Gd(III) complexes and methods of use as MRI contrast agents

Inventors: Ying Song (Wilmette, IL); Thomas J. Meade (Wilmette, IL); Ellen Kohlmeir (Naperville, IL)
Assignee: Northwestern University
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Patent No.
US 8,545,813
App. No.
12/359,914
Granted
Oct 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to contrast agents for MRI and related methods of use.

Claims (2)

1. A composition comprising at least one MR contrast agent selected from the group consisting of

2. A method for imaging comprising administering a composition of claim 1 to a cell, tissue, or organism and detecting said contrasting agent.

Assignments (2)
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9424, CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Feb 13, 2009
From: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 022261/0486 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2009
From: SONG, YING; MEADE, THOMAS J.; KOHLMEIR, ELLEN
To: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 022211/0232 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61023753 · Jan 25, 2008
Related Publication 20090196829A1 · Aug 6, 2009