Patents by Inventor Gareth Humphries

Gareth Humphries 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).

  • Contrast agents
    Patent number: 8066970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing an aliphatic central moiety containing hydroxyl groups allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to methods employing such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: GE Healthcare AS
    Inventors: Duncan Wynn, Gareth Humphries
  • Contrast Agents
    Publication number: 20070264201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing an aliphatic central moiety containing hydroxyl groups allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to methods employing such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Duncan Wynn, Gareth Humphries