| US 7,547,721 B1 | ||
| Near infrared fluorescent contrast agent and fluorescence imaging | ||
| Naoto Miwa, Osaka (Japan); Michihito Inagaki, Osaka (Japan); Hiroaki Eguchi, Hyogo (Japan); Masafumi Okumura, Shiga (Japan); Yoshio Inagaki, Kanagawa (Japan); and Toru Harada, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin (Germany); and Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/149,917 PCT Filed Dec. 15, 1999, PCT No. PCT/EP99/09959 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 17, 2002, PCT Pub. No. WO01/43781, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 21, 2001. |
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| Application 10/149917 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/787394, previously published as PCT/EP99/07088, filed on Sep. 16, 1999. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-283301 (JP), filed on Sep. 18, 1998. | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A61K 31/404 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 514—414 [514/415] | 4 Claims |
1. A method of near infrared fluorescence imaging comprising introducing a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound
of the formula
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