Patents Assigned to IMETRIX, INC.
  • Intravascular delivery of therapeutic and imaging agents to stressed and apoptotic cells using annexin V as a targeting vector
    Publication number: 20030152513
    Abstract: The present invention relies on the affinity of stressed or apoptotic cells for exogenously administered annexin V to create a multi-functional molecular probe that can be simultaneously used for imaging (localization of unstable plaque within the body) and therapy (treatment of unstable plaque).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: IMETRIX, INC.
    Inventors: Francis G. Blankenberg, Jagat Narula, H. William Strauss, Vartan Ghazarossian