US Patent 7556797 Minimally invasive physiological function monitoring agents

Patent 7556797 was granted and assigned to Mallinckrodt (company) on July, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Mallinckrodt (company)

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7556797

Date of Patent

July 7, 2009

Patent Application Number

10653728

Date Filed

September 2, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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D. L. Jones

Patent abstract

Highly hydrophilic indole and benzoindole derivatives that absorb and fluoresce in the visible region of light are disclosed. These compounds are useful for physiological and organ function monitoring. Particularly, the molecules of the invention are useful for optical diagnosis of renal and cardiac diseases and for estimation of blood volume in vivo.