Patents by Inventor Bert David Collier

Bert David Collier 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).

  • Imaging methods and compositions
    Patent number: 6099822
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition of matter useful in imaging tissue, the composition comprising a complex formed between technetium (Tc-99m) and 5-thio-D-glucose. Also disclosed is a method of in vivo imaging of acute ischemic tissue and tumors in a mammalian subject comprising delivering into the subject an effective amount of (Tc-99m)-5-thio-D-glucose, and scanning the subject to determine the distribution of the Tc-99m-TG complex in the subject. A method of preparing the composition of matter is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Inventors: Suleyman Kutlan Ozker, Bert David Collier