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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:
Feb. 08, 1983
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth Gabbay, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Paul M Gallop, Chestnut, MA (US);
Assignee:
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436 67 ; 2524081 ;
Abstract
A method of measuring glycosylated hemoglobin featuring, in one aspect, providing a sample containing hemoglobin, including an unknown amount of glycosylated hemoglobin, contacting the sample with an oxidizing agent to generate formaldehyde, and measuring the formaldehyde as a measure of glycosylated hemoglobin, the measuring being carried out by reacting the formaldehyde with a water-soluble amine or an ammonium salt and a .beta.-diketone to generate a fluorescent compound whose fluorescence is measured as a measure of glycosylated hemoglobin.