Patents by Inventor R. Edward Coleman

R. Edward Coleman 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).

  • 18F-labeled choline analogs
    Patent number: 6630125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 18F-labeled choline analogs and to methods of using same as imaging agents (for example, as positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents) for the noninvasive detection and localization of neoplasms and pathophysiologies influencing choline processing in the body. The invention further relates to methods of synthesizing 18F-labeled choline analogs and to compositions comprising such analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Timothy R. DeGrado, R. Edward Coleman, Steven W. Baldwin, David T. Price, Matthew D. Orr, Shuyan Wang
  • 18F-labeled choline analogs
    Publication number: 20020061279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 18F-labeled choline analogs and to methods of using same as imaging agents (for example, as positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents) for the noninvasive detection and localization of neoplasms and pathophysiologies influencing choline processing in the body. The invention further relates to methods of synthesizing 18F-labeled choline analogs and to compositions comprising such analogs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Timothy R. DeGrado, R. Edward Coleman, Steven W. Baldwin, David T. Price, Matthew D. Orr, Shuyan Wang
  • Transmission scanning technique for gamma-camera coincidence imaging
    Patent number: 6384416
    Abstract: Gamma-camera coincidence (GCC) imaging systems and methods include a pair of gamma camera imaging heads rotatable about a patient-longitudinal imaging axis. The imaging heads will each have a plurality of radiation opaque septa plates extending transversely relative to the imaging axis about which they locate. Adjacent ones of the septa plates are spaced apart along said imaging axis. At least one point source of radiation will thus be positionally fixed between a predetermined adjacent pair of the septa plates of one of the imaging heads so as to be concurrently rotatable therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Timothy G. Turkington, Charles M. Laymon, R. Edward Coleman