Patents Assigned to Institut fur Diagnosikforschung GmbH
  • Near infrared imaging agent
    Patent number: 7655217
    Abstract: This invention relates to an in-vivo diagnostic method based on near infrared radiation (NIR radiation) that uses water-soluble dyes and their biomolecule adducts, each having specific photophysical and pharmaco-chemical properties, as a contrast medium for fluorescence and transillumination diagnostics in the NIR range, to new dyes and pharmaceuticals containing such dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Institut fur Diagnosikforschung GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Licha, Björn Riefke, Wolfhard Semmler, Ulrich Speck, Christoph-Stephan Hilger