Patents by Inventor Paul E. Bates

Paul E. Bates 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).

  • Patent number: 4510125
    Abstract: A process for making a lyophilized composition useful for skeletal imaging whereby an aqueous solution containing an ascorbate, gentisate, or reductate stabilizer is contacted with tin metal or an alloy containing tin and, thereafter, lyophilized. Preferably, such compositions also comprise a tissue-specific carrier and a stannous compound. It is particularly preferred to incorporate stannous oxide as a coating on the tin metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry W. Grogg, Joseph E. Bugaj, Paul E. Bates