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US 2006/0235193 A1Published application
Biocompatible materials and probes
OwnerManssur Yalpaniinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to fluorinated biopolymer and polymer derivatives useful as imaging probes, diagnostic agents and contrast agents and to imaging methods employing the fluorinated biopolymers and polymers.
Claims3
A fluorinated biopolymer of the Formula XIII
- where
- for Formula XIII:
- K represents H, OH, X, OX, OZ, (Y)f;
- L represents H, OH, X, OX, OZ, (Y)f;
- W represents H, (CH2)d, CO2H, CH, CX, X;
- T represents H, OH, X, OX, OZ;
- V represents (CH2)d, CH2OX, CH2OZ, CH2X, CH2NHX;
- S represents H, O, X, NHX, (Y)f;
- T represents H, O, X, NHX, (Y)f;
- R1 represents H, X and d represents 1-3 inclusive;
- f, and n represent 1-1,500 inclusive and for all of the above Formulas:
- X represents a fluorine containing moiety, a luminescent residue, a fluorescent residue, a fluorinated luminescent residue or a fluorinated fluorescent residue;
- Y represents an amino acid residue or a fluorinated amino acid residue;
- and
- Z represents acyl, alkyl.
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