ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,416, issued on June 23, was assigned to Curadel Surgical Innovations Inc. (Bonita Springs, Fla.).

"Combinations of imaging agent conjugates and application thereof" 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 provides a combination of two or more imaging agent conjugates comprising an imaging agent conjugated to a targeting ligand, wherein the imaging agent comprises one or more of ZW800-1, ZW830-1, ZW700-1-Forte, ZW-DOTA, ZW-PyC3A, ZW-Macropa, ZW-porphyrin, ZW-NOTA, and ZW-Deferoxamine; and the targeting ligand comprises one or more of a ...