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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
Quest Diagnostics Investments Llc, Madison, NJ (US);
Stephen W. Taylor, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Michael McPhaul, Dana Point, CA (US);
Richard E. Reitz, San Clemente, CA (US);
Zhaohui Chen, Las Flores, CA (US);
Nigel Clarke, Oceanside, CA (US);
Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC, Madison, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods are described for determining the amount of insulin in a sample. Provided herein are mass spectrometric methods for detecting and quantifying insulin and C-peptide in a biological sample utilizing enrichment and/or purification methods coupled with tandem mass spectrometric or high resolution/high accuracy mass spectrometric techniques. Also provided herein are mass spectrometric methods for detecting and quantifying insulin and b-chain in a biological sample utilizing enrichment and/or purification methods coupled with tandem mass spectrometric or high resolution/high accuracy mass spectrometric techniques.