US Patent Issued on May 27 for "Chemical compound that binds to nerves while permitting detection via computed tomography or x-ray" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,295, issued on May 27.

"Chemical compound that binds to nerves while permitting detection via computed tomography or x-ray" was invented by James Edward McCarthy (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chemical compound that binds to nerves and provides for visualization of the nerves using computed tomography or x-ray may include at least two iodo groups bonded to a local anesthetic with an aromatic functional group/benzene ring, wherein the local anesthetic is capable of binding to a nerve. The chemical compound may have the chemical structure C6H2IxR, wherein x is 2 or 3; R is an amino group or NHR1; and R1 is an ami...