Patents Assigned to Vestar Research Incorporated
  • Method for labeling phagocytic cells
    Patent number: 4497791
    Abstract: Described herein is a process for labeling leukocytes and other phagocytic cells with labeled micellular particles involving incubating the cells with the micellular particles. Also described is a process for detecting the locus of an infection by administering to a subject leukocytes radiolabeled by incubation with labeled micellular particles followed by scanning the subject to detect the locus of radiation emitted by the particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Assignees: Vestar Research Incorporated, City of Hope National Medical Center
    Inventors: Ronald C. Gamble, George W. Tin, Lawrence E. Williams