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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Advanced Breath Diagnostics, Llc, Brentwood, TN (US);
Catherine Elizabeth Williams, Nashville, TN (US);
Shane Anthony Crabtree, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
ADVANCED BREATH DIAGNOSTICS, LLC, Brentwood, TN (US);
Abstract
A breath test and a breath test method for diagnosing abnormal gastric emptying using aC labeled breath test meal by identifying the time of maximum excretion ofCOin the breath samples. The test and test method include supplying a subject with the breath test meal, collecting a breath sample of the subject at a plurality of time points after the subject consumes the meal, generating measurements ofCOexcretion from the breath samples, identifying a time Tat whichCOexcretion is maximal, comparing Tto a cut-off value. The subject may be diagnosed as having delayed gastric emptying if Tis greater than the Tcut-off value.