Abstract: This invention relates to colloidal systems charged with polymethine dyes and having suitable photophysical and pharmacological properties, their use as a contrast medium in fluorescence and transillumination diagnostics in the near infrared spectral range, as well as methods for their production.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 9, 1998
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2001
Assignee:
Institut für Diagnostikforschung GmbH an der Freien
Universität Berlin
Inventors:
Kai Licha, Björn Riefke, Werner Weitschiess, Dieter Heldmann, Violetta Sudmann