Patents Assigned to Biomedica GmbH
  • Patent number: 8133694
    Abstract: The preparation of vitamin D compounds of formula (I) with a label attached to a spacer group in the 3 position is disclosed. In the above formula (I), O represents the oxygen atom of an ether group; Y represents hydrogen or hydroxy; A represents a label such as biotin, digoxigenin, or another vitamin D group; R represents a substituted hydrocarbon side-group of vitamin D or a vitamin D metabolite. Also disclosed is a method of measuring 25-hydroxy vitamin D metabolite and a 1?,25-dihydroxy vitamin D metabolite in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignees: Immundiagnostik AG, Biomedica GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Paul Armbruster, Wolfgang Voelter, Jens Tampe, Christian Birkmayer
  • Patent number: 6787660
    Abstract: Vitamin D compounds of formula (I) with a label attached to a spacer group in the 3 position are disclosed. In the above formula (I), X is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group with a length of 0.8-4.2 nm, optionally containing the heteroatoms S, O, N or P; Y is H or OH; A is a label capable of binding with high affinity to a protein; R is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon side chain of a D vitamin or a D vitamin metabolite. Also disclosed is the preparation of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignees: Immundiagnostik AG, Biomedica GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Paul Armbruster, Wolfgang Voelter, Jens Tampe, Christian Birkmayer