ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,585, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Curadel Surgical Innovations Inc. (Natick, Mass.).
"Zwitterionic metal chelators" was invented by John V. Frangioni (Weston, Mass.) and Wolfgang Maison (Winsen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to zwitterionic metal chelators and their use as imaging, diagnostic, chemical processing, and treatment agents. These zwitterionic metal chelators have desirable properties that maximize solubility in aqueous environments, minimize non-specific interactions, and retain the ability to target thus resulting in an improved performance in a variety of medical, agricultura...