Patents by Inventor Quinn A. Best

Quinn A. Best 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).

  • Water soluble catalysts for NMR/MRI enhancement
    Patent number: 9790245
    Abstract: Iridium catalysts for nuclear spin polarization enhancement in solution via signal amplification by reversible exchange are provided. The iridium catalysts can be water-soluble iridium catalysts. Also provided are methods for preparing iridium catalysts, and methods of activating and using iridium catalysts for nuclear spin polarization enhancement in solution via signal amplification by reversible exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: Vanderbilt University, Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University
    Inventors: Eduard Y. Chekmenev, Boyd M. Goodson, Roman V. Shchepin, Milton L. Truong, Ping He, Quinn A. Best, Fan Shi, Kirsten A. Groome, Aaron M. Coffey
  • WATER SOLUBLE CATALYSTS FOR NMR/MRI ENHANCEMENT
    Publication number: 20160045907
    Abstract: Iridium catalysts for nuclear spin polarization enhancement in solution via signal amplification by reversible exchange are provided. The iridium catalysts can be water-soluble iridium catalysts. Also provided are methods for preparing iridium catalysts, and methods of activating and using iridium catalysts for nuclear spin polarization enhancement in solution via signal amplification by reversible exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Eduard Y. Chekmenev, Boyd M. Goodson, Roman V. Shchepin, Milton L. Truong, Ping He, Quinn A. Best, Fan Shi, Kirsten A. Groome, Aaron M. Coffey