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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:
Sep. 26, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Milton H Dalbow, Springdale, PA (US);
Hernan F Acevedo, Allison Park, PA (US);
Malcolm Slifkin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
International Radioimmune Systems, Inc., Brighton, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1951037 ; 1951 / ; 195 99 ;
Abstract
Malignant neoplastic cells synthesize and secrete human chorionic gonadotropin into the circulatory system, where the glycoprotein hormone is collected or adsorbed by the host's lymphocytes. This application discloses a clinical diagnostic test and kit for determining the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin in blood. Where the test is positive in a man or a non-pregnant woman cancer is present in the host.