ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,802, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BRACCO IMAGING S.P.A. (Milan).
"Manufacturing of dimeric contrast agent" was invented by Sonia Gazzetto (Cascinette d'Ivrea, Italy), Valeria Boi (Strambino, Italy), Andrea Banin (Collegno, Italy) and Andrea Barale (Bibiana, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for the preparation of the gadolinium dimeric contrast agent [p-[1-[bis[2-(hydroxy-KO)-3-[4,7,10-tris[(carboxy-KO)methyl]-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododec-1-yl-K/V1,K/V4,K/V7,K/V10]propyl]amino]-1-deoxy-D-glucitolato(6-)]]di-gadolinium complex. Such process includes preparation steps carried out one-pot and w...