Patents by Inventor Andrew T. Taylor, Jr.

Andrew T. Taylor, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods of determining renal function using technetium-99m tricarbonyl-nitrilotriacetic acid
    Patent number: 9061077
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the methods of imaging the kidneys and measuring renal function using the renal tracer 99mTc(CO)3(NTA) (technetium-99m tricarbonyl-nitrilotriacetic acid). The disclosure encompasses methods of imaging the kidneys and measuring effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) in an animal or human subject using renal scintigraphy, comprising administering to an animal or human subject an amount of a renal tracer, wherein the renal tracer comprises 99mTc-(CO)3(NTA). Another aspect of the disclosure are methods of measuring effective renal plasma flow in an animal or human subject, comprising administering to an animal or human subject an amount of a renal tracer, wherein the renal tracer comprises 99mTc-(CO)3(NTA), isolating a series of plasma samples from the animal or human subject after administering the renal tracer and quantitatively detecting the amount of the renal tracer in the biological samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Malgorzata Lipowska, Andrew T. Taylor, Jr., Luigi Marzilli