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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Owlstone Medical Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Owlstone Medical Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/62 (2006.01); A61B 1/31 (2006.01); G01N 33/483 (2006.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/31 (2013.01); G01N 27/624 (2013.01); G01N 33/487 (2013.01); G01N 33/4833 (2013.01); G01N 33/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of identifying if a subject is sufficiently prepared to permit successful colonoscopic examination, the method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a stool sample from a subject having undergone preparation for a colonoscopic examination; (b) analysing the sample to detect the presence and/or amount of faecal matter, if any, in the stool sample; and (c) from the analysis in step (b), identifying whether the subject has been sufficiently prepared.