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US5344640A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Preparation of apatite particles for medical diagnostic imaging

Assignee: Mallinckrodt Inc
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Filing: 1992-09-22
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Granted: 1994-09-06
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Expires: 2012-09-22
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Abstract

Abstract Treated apatite particles are disclosed for enhancing medical diagnostic imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging ("MRI"), magnetic resonance spectroscopy ("MRS"), magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging ("MRSI"), X-ray diagnostic imaging, and ultrasound imaging. Novel coating and manufacturing techniques are disclosed to control particle size and particle aggregation resulting in compositions for organ specific imaging of the liver, spleen, gastrointestinal tract, or tissue disease states is obtained. Depending on the diagnostic imaging technique, apatite particles are treated to be paramagnetic, radiopaque, or echogenic. The apatite particles may also be fluorinated to form stable fluoroapatite compositions useful for 19F imaging. Also disclosed are diagnostic compositions and methods of performing medical diagnostic procedures which involve administering to a warm-blooded animal a diagnostically effective amount of the above-described apatite particles and then performing the medical diagnostic procedure.

Inventors

  • 👤 Edward A. Deutsch
  • 👤 Karen F. Deutsch
  • 👤 William P. Cacheris
  • 👤 William H. Ralston
  • 👤 David H. White
  • 👤 Dennis L. Nosco
  • 👤 Robert G. Wolfangel
  • 👤 Janet B. Wilking
  • 👤 Linda Meeh
  • 👤 Steven R. Woulfe

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 08:05
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K49/00; A61K49/22; A61K49/222; A61K49/225; A61K47/00; A61K47/50; A61K47/69; A61K47/6921; A61K47/6923; A61K49/06; A61K49/18; A61K49/1818; A61K49/1821; A61K49/1824; A61K49/1827; A61K49/183; A61K49/1833; A61K49/1842; A61K49/1878; A61K49/1881; A61B; A61B90/00; A61B90/39; A61B2090/3925; A61B2090/3954; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S977/00; Y10S977/70; Y10S977/701; Y10S977/72; Y10S977/722; Y10S977/773; Y10S977/775; Y10S977/84; Y10S977/88; Y10S977/881; Y10S977/902; Y10S977/904; Y10S977/908; Y10S977/91; Y10S977/927; Y10S977/928; Y10S977/929; Y10S977/93; Y10T; Y10T436/00; Y10T436/24

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim 88 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle for use in magnetic resonance imaging comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining an apatite particle having a particle size in the range from 5 nm to about 5 μm for use in imaging the liver or spleen; (b) adsorbing a bifunctional coating agent capable of forming a chelate complex with a paramagnetic metal ion onto the apatite particle surface; and (c) forming a chelate complex between the bifunctional coating agent adsorbed on the apatite particle surface and the paramagnetic metal ion.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 88 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle for use in magnetic resonance imaging comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining an apatite particle having a particle size in the range from 5 nm to about 5 μm for use in imaging the liver or spleen; (b) adsorbing a bifunctional coating agent capable of forming a chelate complex with a paramagnetic metal ion onto the apatite particle surface; and (c) forming a chelate complex between the bifunctional coating agent adsorbed on the apatite particle surface and the paramagnetic metal ion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 26 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle as defined in claim 1, wherein the bifunctional coating agent comprises polyphosphonate diethylenetriaminepenta(methylenephosphonic acid) having the following structure: ##STR5##
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 35 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle as defined in claim 1, wherein the bifunctional coating agent is a chelating agent containing one or more phosphonate groups capable of adsorption to the apatite particle surface.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 53 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle as defined in claim 1, wherein bifunctional coating agent is capable of forming a chelate complex with a paramagnetic metal ion selected from a group of elements having atomic numbers of 21-25, 27-29, 42-44, and 58-70 and a valence in the range from 2+ to 3+.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 59 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle as defined in claim 1, wherein the bifunctional coating agent is capable of forming a chelate complex with a paramagnetic metal ion selected from chromium(III) , manganese(II) , iron(II) , iron(III) , praseodymium(III) , neodymium(III) , samarium(III) , ytterbium(III) , gadolinium(III) , terbium(III) , dysprosium(III) , holmium(III) , and erbium (III) .
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 37 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle as defined in claim 1, wherein the bifunctional coating agent is capable of forming a chelate complex with a paramagnetic metal ion selected from manganese(II), iron(II), iron(III), or mixtures thereof.
Claim 8
Independent Claim 88 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle for use in magnetic resonance imaging comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining an apatite particle having a particle size in the range from about 1 nm to about 50 nm for use in imaging the blood pool; (b) adsorbing a bifunctional coating agent capable of forming a chelate complex with a paramagnetic metal ion onto the apatite particle surface; and (c) forming a chelate complex between the bifunctional coating agent adsorbed on the apatite particle surface and the paramagnetic metal ion.
Claim 9
Independent Claim 88 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle for use in magnetic resonance imaging comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining an apatite particle having a particle size in the range from about 1 nm to about 50 nm for use in imaging the blood pool; (b) adsorbing a bifunctional coating agent capable of forming a chelate complex with a paramagnetic metal ion onto the apatite particle surface; and (c) forming a chelate complex between the bifunctional coating agent adsorbed on the apatite particle surface and the paramagnetic metal ion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 26 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle as defined in claim 7, wherein the bifunctional coating agent comprises polyphosphonate diethylenetriaminepenta-(methylenephosphonic acid) having the following structure: ##STR6##
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 35 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle as defined in claim 7, wherein the bifunctional coating agent is a chelating agent containing one or more phosphonate groups capable of adsorption to the apatite particle surface.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 54 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle as defined in claim 7, wherein the bifunctional coating agent is capable of forming a chelate complex with a paramagnetic metal ion selected from a group of elements having atomic numbers of 21-25, 27-29, 42-44, and 58-70 and a valence in the range from 2+ to 3+.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 59 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle as defined in claim 7, wherein the bifunctional coating agent is capable of forming a chelate complex with a paramagnetic metal ion selected from chromium(III) , manganese(II) , iron(II) , iron(III) , praseodymium(III) , neodymium(III) , samarium(III) , ytterbium(III) , gadolinium(III) , terbium(III) , dysprosium(III) , holmium(III) , and erbium (III) .
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 37 words
A method of preparing an apatite particle as defined in claim 7, wherein the bifunctional coating agent is capable of forming a chelate complex with a paramagnetic metal ion selected from manganese(II), iron(II), iron(III), or mixtures thereof.

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