Patent ID: 9114160
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A61K,C07D

Abstract:
1. A method of using a compound, the method comprising: administering the compound into a body of a patient; exposing the compound that is in the body of the patient to visible or infrared red light, thereby causing spectral energy to emanate from the compound; detecting the spectral energy emanated from the compound in the body; and assessing renal function of the patient based on the detected spectral energy, the compound being of Formula I, wherein: each of X each of Y Z each of R each of R (PS) is a sulfated or non-sulfated polysaccharide chain comprising one or more monosaccharide units connected by glycosidic linkages; and ‘a’ is an integer from 1 to 10, ‘c’ is an integer from 1 to 100, and each of ‘m’ and ‘n’ independently is an integer from 1 to 3.